Dibek, also known as Daskan,[2] (Arabic: بادبة; Kurdish: Badibê; Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܕܒ̈ܐ, romanized: Beth Debe, lit.

[11] Beth Debe (today called Dibek) is attested in AD 776/777 (AG 1088) in an inscription, engraved by Cyril of Aynwardo, at the Mor Gabriel Monastery, in which it is recorded that stone which had been quarried at the village in 768/769 (AG 1080) by Zechariah of Aynwardo was transported to the monastery by his shawshbino (relative by sponsorship) Isaiah of Fofyath.

[14] The Syriac Catholic bishop Gabriel Tappouni recorded that 250 Assyrians in 50 families populated Beth Debe in 1913 and were served by one priest.

[19] The villagers received weapons and ammunition from Sarokhano Agha, the temporary leader of the Chelebi faction of the Haverkan confederation, who also warned them the night before of the planned attack on Beth Debe.

[20] In early August, the village was attacked by the Hajo, Ali Batte, Doman, Chumaran, Dayre, Surgechi, Bunusra, Omaran, and Alike tribes in addition to Qaddur Bey with the Nisibis militia whilst the villagers were reinforced by one hundred armed men from the Monastery of Mor Malke.