Urfa: All Data
Urfa is a city in Turkey. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Urfa: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
599 BC
Capital of Edessa
131 BC
Capital of Osroene
116 AD
Capital of Osroene (Roman Client)
162 AD
Mentioned in Event: Roman-Parthian War of 161-166
164 AD
Capital of Osroene (Parthian Client)
165 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Edessa (165)
166 AD
Mentioned in Event: Roman-Parthian War of 161-166
259 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Edessa
361 AD
Mentioned in Event: Military Campaigns of Shapur II in Syria and Mesopotamia
503 AD
Mentioned in Event: Anastasian War
544 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Edessa (544), part of Lazic War
943 AD
Mentioned in Event: Byzantine reconquest of Edessa
1087 AD
Mentioned in Event: Conquests of Suleiman I
1088 AD
Mentioned in Event: Byzantine-Seljuq wars
1096 AD
Capital of Edessa (Thoros)
1098 AD
Capital of County of Edessa
1144 AD
Mentioned in Event: Siege of Edessa (1144)
1144 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Edessa (1144), part of Siege of Edessa (1144)
1146 AD
Capital of County of Edessa
1480 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Urfa (1480)
1609 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Eyalet of Urfa, part of Ottoman Empire
1919 AD
Mentioned in Event: Franco-Turkish War
1919 AD
Mentioned in Event: Turkish War of Independence
1920 AD
Mentioned in Event: Franco-Turkish War
1920 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Urfa, part of Franco-Turkish War
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Şanlıurfa Province, part of Republic of Türkiye