Mar Shimun XIX Benyamin served as the 117th Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East.
Mar Shimun XIX Benyamin on or before 1913
Qudshanis, "Kochanis" or "Kochanes", is a small village in the Hakkâri District of Hakkâri Province, Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Pinyanişî tribe and population was 30 in 2023.
Residence of the Patriarch of the Church of the East in Qodshanis
A sketch of the interior of the Patriarchal Church of Mar Shalita, from Wigram's The Cradle of Mankind: Life in Eastern Kurdistan. The church is still somewhat intact (although abandoned) to this day.