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Tyros - ܨܘܪ

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An important port city of the eastern Mediterranean Sea west of Damascus.

Names

  • ܨܘܪ4
  • Tyros1
  • صُوْر3
  • Tyre1, 2, 5, 6

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates (preferred):
    • Lat. 33.26889° Long. 35.21639°1
  • Coordinates (alternate):
    • Lat. 33.2711298000° Long. 35.1948738000°5

Attestation

Attestation of name صُوْر in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. صُوْر3 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: 43, 107, 148, 327, 446, map: Map I A2.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Sergey Minov, ed.,A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Tyre.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:492.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Ernest Walter Brooks,Iohannis Ephesini Historiae Ecclesiasticae Pars Tertia, 2 vols., CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935), p: 209, chapter: 3.4.22.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 Ian Mladjov,Diachronic Maps of Syriac Cultures and Their Geographic Contexts,inThe Syriac World, ed. Daniel King and David A. Michelson (London-New York: Routledge, 2018), xxvii–xxxiii, map 1–14, map: 1, 2, 4, 5.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 6 William L. Potter and David A. Michelson,Index of Maps,inThe Syriac World, ed. Daniel King (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

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Tyros” last modified July 11, 2025, http://syriaca.org/place/195.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Tyros.”, 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/195.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Tyros

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
  • 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
  • Data from John of Ephesus added by Silvio Roggo

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