Crac des Chevaliers - [ Syriac Not Available ]

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A Crusader fortress west of Ḥimṣ.

Names

  • Crac des Chevaliers1
  • حصن الاكراد3

Place Type

fortification

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 34.756897° Long. 36.294731°2

Descriptions

A Crusader fortress west of Ḥimṣ.

Attestation

Attestation of name حصن الاكراد in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. حصن الاكراد3 3
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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)., map: Map V.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/587486981entry: http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/587486981., entry: http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/587486981.
  • 3 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī and ياقوت الحموي, معجم البلدان (Beirut: دار الكتب العلميةDār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990)., p: II:304.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, “Crac des Chevaliers” last modified June 30, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/272.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson, “Crac des Chevaliers.”, 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/272.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Crac des Chevaliers

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
  • Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson

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