Arzun — ܐܪܙܘܢ
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Arzun; Arzon; ܐܪܙܘܢ; ܐܰܪܙܘܢ; ܓܘܽܪܙܰܐܢ; ارزون; غورزان; Ghurzān; أَرْزَن; Arzen
Arzun was the capital of the Armenian districut of Arzanene on the border zone between the Armenian highlands and upper Mesopotamia. Joh. Eph., EH 6.34, records the Roman conquest of the city in the early 580s.
ܡܕܝܺܢܬܐ ܪܒܬܐ ܕܢܳܦܠܐ ܠܓܰܪܒܰܝ ܡܰܥܪܰܒ ܣܥܶܪܬ ܚܰܪ̈ܒܳܬܗ̇ ܩܝ̈ܡܳܢ
مدينة كبيرة كانت شمالي غربي سعرت اطلالها ماثلة
a large city, formerly northwest of Seʿert. Its ruins can still be seen.
location: 37.973889 41.384722
event: 1224/1228, Attestation of name أَرْزَن in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
state: 0410–1281
Barsoum also refers to this place in his description for Philoxenus of Mabbug as "Ghurzān" erroneously.
identifier: http://syriaca.org/place/285
identifier: http://syriaca.org/johnofephesus/places/285
identifier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisibis_(East_Syrian_Ecclesiastical_Province)#The_diocese_of_Arzun
The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 33, 218, 310
ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 257, 536
كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية 231, 504
The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences 268, 551
Muʿjam al-buldān Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī I:180
161
276; 311; 331; 338 3.6.15; 3.6.27; 3.6.34
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