Kaysum - ܟܝܫܘܡ
A town north of Qalʿa Rumayta and west of Samosata.
Place Type
settlement
Descriptions
“ܐܰܬܪܳܐ ܕܒܐܘܚܕܳܢܰܐ ܗܘ ܕܫܰܡܺܝܫܰܛ ܕܐܝܬ ܒܗ ܚܶܣܢܳܐ ܪܰܒܳܐ ܒܶܝܬ ܚܳܠܒ ܠܐܘܪܗܳܝ ܕܚܰܪܝܒ.”2
“بلدة من اعمال سميساط ذات حصن كبير بين حلب والرها؛ مندثرة.”3
“an ancient town in the province of Samosata, between Aleppo and Edessa. It also had a citadel.”4
A town north of Qalʿa Rumayta and west of Samosata.
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"Çakırhüyük, Besni" in WikipediaWorks 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: 69, 107, 432, map: Map II B1.
- 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: 561.
- 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: 519.
- 4 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003)., p: 555.
- 5 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī and ياقوت الحموي, معجم البلدان (Beirut: دار الكتب العلميةDār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990)., p: IV:565.
How to Cite This Entry
Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Kaysum
— ܟܝܫܘܡ
” last modified December 9, 2016, http://syriaca.org/place/112.
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Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Kaysum — ܟܝܫܘܡ .”, 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/112.About this Entry
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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
- Arabic description entry by Dayroyo Roger-Youssef Akhrass
- 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