Acırlı (; ) is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Midyat, Mardin Province, Turkey.Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023. Its population is 3,069 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde). The village is populated by Kurds of the Kercoz tribe and Mhallami. It is located in the historic region of Bēth Muḥallam in Tur Abdin.
History Dayro Zbino (today called Acırlı) was previously the site of the Monastery of Mar Zbina, mentioned in the Life of Simeon of the Olives. It has been suggested that it may be identified with the Monastery of Zebinus in the Roman province of Mesopotamia, which was restored by Emperor Justinian I () as per Procopius in On Buildings. The village developed around the monastery and was historically inhabited by Syriac Christians who converted to Islam in to escape persecution. The mosque at Derizbin was constructed on the site of the church.
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