Thomas A. Carlson (ed.), "al-Wāsiṭ — ܘܐܣܛ " in last modified June 30, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/509 al-Wāsiṭ ܘܐܣܛ ܘܰܐܣܛ واسط Wasit A city of southern Iraq on the west bank of the Tigris. Attestation of name واسط in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. http://syriaca.org/place/509 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasit,_Iraq http://dbpedia.org/resource/Wasit,_Iraq The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 1, 8, 50, 70, 162, 195, 212, 405 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 562 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية 520 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences 556 Muʿjam al-buldān Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī V:400 Not the same conceptual place as Kashkar.