Tagrit - ܬܓܪܝܬ
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“Tagrit is a modern city located on the west bank of the Tigris, almost mid-way between Mosul and Baghdad.”1
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“ܡܕܺܝܢܬܐ ܕܒܶܝܬ ܒܓܕܕ ܠܡܰܘܨܠ ܐܰܬܛܰܒܒܬ ܗܘܳܬ ܒܕܳܪ̈ܐ ܕܰܥܒܰܪܘ ܒܟܘܽܪܣܝܳܐ ܕܡܰܦܪܝܢܘܬܐ ܕܡܰܕܢܚܐ ܡܶܢ ܫܢܰܬ 628 ܥܕܰܡܐ ܠܫܘܠܳܡܐ ܕܡܰܐܬܐ ܬܪܶܥܣܝܪܳܝܬܐ.”3
“بلدة بين بغداد والموصل غربي دجلة كانت في العصور الذاهبة اشتهرت بكرسي مفارنة المشرق من سنة 628 م حتى منسلخ المئة الثانية عشرة”4
“532. Tagrit”1
“an ancient city west of the Tigris, between Baghdad and Mosul. In the golden age of the Syrians, it was the seat of the Maphryonos of the East from 628 until the end of the twelfth century.”5
“Tagrit is a modern city located on the west bank of the Tigris, almost mid-way between Mosul and Baghdad.”1
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- 1 A. Harrak, "Tagrit." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 395-396.
- 2 Sebastian P. Brock et al., Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 39–40 (with fig. 13), 71, 97, 104, 127, 199, 210, 249, 264, 273, 290, 300, 302,
313, 347, 386, 395–396 (with fig. 115), 407, 429, map: Map I C2, II C2.
- 3 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: 537.
- 4 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: 505.
- 5 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003)., p: 559.
- 6 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013)., entry: Tagrit.
- 7 David Wilmshurst, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913, CSCO 582, Subs. 104 (Louvain: Peeters, 2000), p: 19, 177, 178, 346.
- 8 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī and ياقوت الحموي, معجم البلدان (Beirut: دار الكتب العلميةDār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990)., p: II:45.
- 9 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, 8.
- 10 William L. Potter and David A. Michelson, "Index of Maps." in Daniel King (ed.), The Syriac World (London-New York: Routledge, 2018)., p: 833.
- 11 Jonathan Andrew Loopstra, "The Syriac Bible and Its Interpretation." in Daniel King (ed.), The Syriac World, Routledge Worlds (London: Routledge, 2019), p: 293-308.
- 12 p: 189-201., p: 189-201.
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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 Jonathan Loopstra
- Connection to the Syriac World identified by David Wilmshurst
- 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