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Reshʿayna - ܪܝܫ ܥܝܢܐ

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“City on the Khabur, located in the eastern part of ancient Osrhoene and today straddling the Turkish-Syrian border, the Syrian part now bearing the name Raʾs al-ʿAyn and the Turkish part Ceylanpınar (earlier Resülayn).” 1

Names

  • ܪܝܫ ܥܝܢܐ
  • Reshʿayna2
  • ܪܝܫܥܝܢܐ7
  • ܪܝܺܫ ܥܰܝܢܳܐ3
  • رأس العين6
  • رأس عين4, 6
  • Ceylanpınar2
  • Raʾs al-Ayn
  • Raʾs al-Ayn
  • Raʾs al-Ayn
  • Raʾs al-Ayn
  • Raʾs al-ʿAyn2
  • Raʾs al-‘Ayn
  • Raʾs al-‘Ayn
  • Raʾs al-‘Ayn
  • Raʾs al-’Ayn
  • Reshayna
  • Resh Ayna
  • Resh ‘Ayna
  • Resh'aina
  • Resh‘ayna
  • Resülayn2
  • Rish Ayna
  • Rish ʿAyna5
  • Rish ‘Ayna
  • Theodosiopolis2

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 36.82584° Long. 40.04962°2

Descriptions

“ܡܕܝܢܬܳܐ ܗܝ ܥܰܠ ܢܗܰܪ ܚܳܒܘܪ ܒܓܳܙܰܪܬܐ ܒܕܳܪܐ ܕܰܬܠܳܬܰܥܣܪ ܥܰܡܝܪܐ ܗܘܳܬ ܟܶܢ ܚܶܪܒܰܬ ܘܒܰܫܢܰܬ 1869 ܥܡܰܪܘ ܒܗ ܚܰܕ ܛܘܗܡܳܐ ܕܰܓܙܝܪ. ܟܶܢ ܐܶܬܘ ܠܗ̇ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܳܝܐ ܘܐܰܪ̈ܡܢܳܝܐ ܘܰܥܡܰܪܘ ܒܗ̇ ܘܐܝܬ ܠܗܘܢ ܒܗ̇ ܬܰܪܬܶܝܢ ܥܕ̈ܬܳܐ.” 3
“بلدة على منابع نهر الخابور في الجزيرة كانت عامرة في المئة الثالثة عشرة ثم جربت وسنة 1869 توطنتها عشيره من الجركس، ثم سكنها خلق من السريان والارمن ولهم فيها بيعتان. ” 4
“455. Reshʿayna” 1
“a town located at the source of the river Khabur in the Jazira. It was settled in the thirteenth century, but was laid waste in 1869. It was later resettled by a Circassian tribe and then by Syrians and Armenians, who built churches in it.” 5
“City on the Khabur, located in the eastern part of ancient Osrhoene and today straddling the Turkish-Syrian border, the Syrian part now bearing the name Raʾs al-ʿAyn and the Turkish part Ceylanpınar (earlier Resülayn).” 1

Attestation

Attestation of names رأس عين and رأس العين in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. رأس عين4, 6 رأس العين6 6
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Works Cited

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  • 1 H. Takahashi and L. Van Rompay, "Reshʿayna." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 351.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Sebastian P. Brock et al., Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 26, 46, 110, 111, 190, 220, 276, 279, 302, 313, 344, 351, 357, 366, 367, 370, 419, map: Map I B1, II B1, III.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and ܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܒܪܨܘܡ, ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, ܚܬܳܡܳܐ ܬܪܰܝܳܢܳܐ2nd ed. (Holland: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991)., p: 555.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and اغناطيوس افرام الاول برصوم, كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, الطبعة الرابعة4th ed. (Holland: مطبعة ابن العبري بدير مار افرام السريانيBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987)., p: 516.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003)., p: 557.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 6 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī and ياقوت الحموي, معجم البلدان (Beirut: دار الكتب العلميةDār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990)., p: III:15.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 7 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 308; 313; 328, chapter: 3.6.13; 3.6.17; 3.6.26.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

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Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Reshʿayna — ܪܝܫ ܥܝܢܐ ” last modified February 16, 2024, http://syriaca.org/place/172.

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Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Reshʿayna — ܪܝܫ ܥܝܢܐ .”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2024. Entry published February 16, 2024. http://syriaca.org/place/172.

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  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by Daniel L. Schwartz
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by William L. Potter
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by David A. Michelson
  • Arabic description entry by Dayroyo Roger-Youssef Akhrass
  • Syriac description entry by Robert Aydin
  • Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
  • Initial Barsoum entry creation by David A. Michelson
  • Data from John of Ephesus added by Silvio Roggo

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