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al-Qaryatayn - ܩܪܝܬܝܢ

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A town northeast of Damascus and southeast of Ḥimṣ.

Names

  • ܩܪܝܬܝܢ
  • al-Qaryatayn1, 4
  • ܩܰܪܝܰܬܝܢ2
  • القريتان5
  • القريتين3

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 34.233333° Long. 37.233333°1

Descriptions

“ܐܰܬܪܰܐ ܗܘ ܕܒܐܘܚܕܳܢܐ ܕܰܚܡܶܨ ܡܰܪܕܶܐ ܬܪܶܝܢ ܝܰܘܡܝ̈ܢ ܒܐܘܪܚܳܐ ܕܡܰܕܒܪܐ ܕܒܶܝܬ ܠܗ̇ ܘܰܠܣܰܟܢܗ ܘܐܪܟ.” 2
“بليدة من اعمال حمص مرحلة يومين عنها في طريق البرية بينها وبين سخنة ارك.” 3
“a small town in the province of Ḥomṣ, about ten day journey from there on the way to the desert between Sukhna and Arak.” 4
A town northeast of Damascus and southeast of Ḥimṣ.

Attestation

Attestation of name القريتان in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. القريتان5 5
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Sebastian P. Brock et al., Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 117, 197, 425, map: Map II B2, V.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 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: 558.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 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: 518.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 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
  • 5 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī and ياقوت الحموي, معجم البلدان (Beirut: دار الكتب العلميةDār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990)., p: IV:382.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “al-Qaryatayn — ܩܪܝܬܝܢ ” last modified June 30, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/212.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “al-Qaryatayn — ܩܪܝܬܝܢ .”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2014. Entry published June 30, 2014. http://syriaca.org/place/212.

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Entry Title: al-Qaryatayn — ܩܪܝܬܝܢ

Additional Credit:

  • 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

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