Wadi Dara - ܢܗܪܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܘܫܝ
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“Joh. Eph., EH 6.26, records that the Persian army retreated to a small river after their defeat at Tella in June 582. Michael Whitby has identified this river as the Wadi Dara (also called Wadi Jarrah), a tributary of the Khabur close to Dara.” 1
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- Lat. 36.683333° Long. 41.3°3
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“Joh. Eph., EH 6.26, records that the Persian army retreated to a small river after their defeat at Tella in June 582. Michael Whitby has identified this river as the Wadi Dara (also called Wadi Jarrah), a tributary of the Khabur close to Dara.” 1
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- 1 Michael Whitby, The Emperor Maurice and His Historian: Theophylact Simocatta on Persian and Balkan warfare (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988)., p: 274.
- 2 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 329, chapter: 3.6.26.
- 3 https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Wadi_Jarrah¶ms=36_41_N_41_18_E_region:SY_type:river_source:GNS-enwiki
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