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Rafaniyya - ܪܦܢܝܗ

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A city of western Syria.

Names

  • ܪܦܢܝܗ
  • Rafaniyya
  • ܦܰܢܺܝܗ1
  • رفنية2
  • رَفَنِيّة5
  • Raphina3

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 34.966351° Long. 36.39298°4

Descriptions

A city of western Syria.

Attestation

Attestation of name رَفَنِيّة in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. رَفَنِيّة5 5

Notes

Dolabani or his printer dropped off the first consonant of the name.
Moosa's transcription "Raphina" is non-standard.
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Works Cited

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  • 1 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: 559.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 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: 517.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003)., p: 554.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668350entry: http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668350., entry: http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668350.
  • 5 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī and ياقوت الحموي, معجم البلدان (Beirut: دار الكتب العلميةDār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990)., p: III:63.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, “Rafaniyya — ܪܦܢܝܗ ” last modified June 30, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/496.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson, “Rafaniyya — ܪܦܢܝܗ .”, 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/496.

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Entry Title: Rafaniyya — ܪܦܢܝܗ

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

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