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Lesser Zab - [ Syriac Not Available ]

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A river which flows south of Arbela and north of Karka d-Beth Slokh and enters the Tigris above Tagrit.

Names

  • Lesser Zab1
  • الزاب الأسفل3
  • Little Zab River4, 5
  • Lower Zab1

Place Type

river

Location

  • Coordinates (preferred):
    • Lat. 35.8572581° Long. 44.7915335°2
  • Coordinates (alternate):
    • Lat. 35.6052800000° Long. 43.9458300000°4

Descriptions

A river which flows south of Arbela and north of Karka d-Beth Slokh and enters the Tigris above Tagrit.

Attestation

Attestation of name الزاب الأسفل in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. الزاب الأسفل3 3
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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: 10, 71, 85, 378, map: Map I C2, II C2, IV.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Roger Bagnall et al., Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places., entry: http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/894184.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī and ياقوت الحموي, معجم البلدان (Beirut: دار الكتب العلميةDār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990)., p: III:139.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Ian Mladjov, "Diachronic Maps of Syriac Cultures and Their Geographic Contexts." in Daniel King and David A. Michelson (eds.), The Syriac World (London-New York: Routledge, 2018)., map: 1, 2, 7.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 5 William L. Potter and David A. Michelson, "Index of Maps." in Daniel King (ed.), The Syriac World (London-New York: Routledge, 2018)., p: 834.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 6 p: 88-104., p: 88-104.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Lesser Zab” last modified July 11, 2025, http://syriaca.org/place/121.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Lesser Zab.”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2025. Entry published July 11, 2025. http://syriaca.org/place/121.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Lesser Zab

Additional Credit:

  • Data merging for Syriac World maps data by William L. Potter
  • Syriac World maps edited by David A. Michelson
  • Syriac World maps data revised by William L. Potter
  • Syriac World maps cartography by Ian Mladjov
  • Connection to the Syriac World identified by Florence Jullien
  • 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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