Cizre Noah Tomb - Church Entry;
There has been a tomb at the ground floor of Noah Mosque at Cizre town of Şırnak city, which is believed to be belonged to Noah. Cizre citizen İbnülesin Firuzabadi, Evliya Çelebi, Ebubekir Helevi and Babili Berasus had written that this structure, one of the oldest tombs of Anatolia, has belonged to Noah. After passing from a long and narrow section at the ground floor to where, we go down through stairs, on the southern side of Noah Mosque, the tomb can be reached. There is a wooden sarcophagus over the tomb. The tomb and the mosque there over have been restored by Noah Nebi Building and Surviving Association.
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