Gazarta - ܓܙܪܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܘܡܪ

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A city on the Tigris river between Amida and Mosul.

Names

  • ܓܙܪܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܘܡܪ
  • Gazarta1
  • ܓܙܪܬܐ ܙܒܕܝܬܐ6
  • ܓܳܙܰܪܬܐ ܕܒܰܪ ܥܘܡܪ2
  • جزيرة ابن عمر3, 7
  • Cizre1
  • Gāzartā5
  • Gozarto1
  • Gzarta1
  • Jazīra1
  • Jazirat Ibn Umar
  • Jazirat Ibn ʿUmar4
  • Jazirat Ibn ‘Umar

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 37.325° Long. 42.195833°1

Descriptions

ܡܕܺܝܢܬܘܢܝܬܳܐ ܗܝ ܕܥܰܠ ܕܶܩܠܰܬ ܒܶܝܬ ܐܳܡܝܕ ܠܡܰܘܨܠ.2
بلدة بين الموصل وديار بكر راكبة على دجلة3
A city on the Tigris river between Amida and Mosul.
a town between Mosul and Diyarbakir, in a deep valley on the west bank of the Tigris.4

Attestations

Attestation of name جزيرة ابن عمر in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. جزيرة ابن عمر3, 7 7 Attestation of name ܓܙܪܬܐ ܙܒܕܝܬܐ in Mingana Syr. Ms. 421 in a note c. 1700. ܓܙܪܬܐ ܙܒܕܝܬܐ6 6
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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: 4, 18, 54, 129, 291, 361, 411, map: Map II C1, III, IV.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: 538.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: 506.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: 554.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 David Wilmshurst, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913, CSCO 582, Subs. 104 (Louvain: Peeters, 2000), p: 20, 21, 39, 40, 46, 60, 69, 70, 71, 77, 91, 92, 95, 98, 100, 101-107, 109, 110, 112-115, 117, 118, 119, 128, 136, 137, 140, 165, 169, 173, 179, 223, 241, 259, 260, 345, 348, 349, 351, 352, 353.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 6 Alphonse Mingana, Catalogue of the Mingana Collection of Manuscripts now in the Possession of the Trustees of the Woodbrooke Settlement, Selly Oak, Birmingham, Woodbrooke Catalogues 1-3 (Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons, 1933, 1936, 1939), col: I:748.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 7 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī and ياقوت الحموي, معجم البلدان (Beirut: دار الكتب العلميةDār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990)., p: II:160.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., “Gazarta — ܓܙܪܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܘܡܪ ” last modified December 9, 2016, http://syriaca.org/place/88.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Gazarta — ܓܙܪܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܘܡܪ .”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2016. Entry published December 9, 2016. http://syriaca.org/place/88.

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Entry Title: Gazarta — ܓܙܪܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܘܡܪ

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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
  • Wilmshurst index information entry by Anthony Davis
  • 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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