Cudi Dağı (Mount Judi)

Turkey

Also known as Mount Judi, al-Jūdī, Qardu

Mountain near Cizre in Şırnak Province, identified in Syriac, Jewish and Islamic tradition (Qur'an 11:44, al-Jūdī) as the Ark's landing place.

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2023 1 entry

  1. Study

    Durupınar samples reported as 3,500-5,000 years old

    AİÇÜ vice rector Faruk Kaya said initial İTÜ lab results found clayey and marine materials and indicated human activity since the Chalcolithic, adding dating alone cannot show the ship is there.

    Faruk Kaya, Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University (AİÇÜ), Istanbul Technical University (İTÜ) Durupınar formation Cudi Dağı (Mount Judi) Claimed 4 sources

No entries 1989–2022

1988 1 entry

  1. Claim

    David Fasold publishes The Ark of Noah

    David Fasold's book argued the Durupınar formation is the fossilised remains of the Ark and linked a nearby peak locally called Cudi to the Qur'an's al-Jūdī.

    David Fasold Durupınar formation Cudi Dağı (Mount Judi) Disputed 2 sources

No entries 633–1987

632 CE 1 entry

  1. Claim

    Qur'an names al-Jūdī as the Ark's resting place

    Qur'an 11:44 says the ship came to rest on al-Jūdī, generally understood as Mount Judi (Cudi Dağı) in the former Corduene region.

    The Qur'an Cudi Dağı (Mount Judi) Claimed 2 sources

628 CE 1 entry

No entries 401–627 CE

400 CE 1 entry

  1. Claim

    Legend of Jacob of Nisibis and a plank from the Ark

    By the 5th century a legend held that Jacob of Nisibis climbed toward the Ark and received a board from it from an angel; Etchmiadzin displays a relic said to be that wood.

    Faustus of Byzantium Cudi Dağı (Mount Judi) Mount Ararat Claimed 1 source

No entries 376–399 CE

375 CE 1 entry

  1. Claim

    Epiphanius says Ark remains are shown in Cardyaei

    Epiphanius of Salamis wrote that the remains of Noah's ark were "still shown in Cardyaei", the Corduene region associated with Mount Judi.

    Epiphanius of Salamis Cudi Dağı (Mount Judi) Claimed 2 sources