TEI/XML  

Zakho - [ Syriac Not Available ]

http://syriaca.org/place/208
A city northwest of Mosul and southeast of Gazarta.

Names

  • Zakho1, 3, 4
  • Zākhō2

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates (preferred):
    • Lat. 37.15° Long. 42.683333°1
  • Coordinates (alternate):
    • Lat. 37.1416916000° Long. 42.6829362000°3

Descriptions

A city northwest of Mosul and southeast of Gazarta.
Status: published  Is this record complete?

See Also

Works Cited

Any information without attribution has been created following the Syriaca.org editorial guidelines.

  • 1 Sebastian P. Brock et al., Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 72, 83, 92, 178, 214, 235, 265, 292, map: Map II C1, IV.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 David Wilmshurst, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913, CSCO 582, Subs. 104 (Louvain: Peeters, 2000), p: 106, 107, 108-109, 110, 111, 115, 136, 156, 177, 349.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 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: 14.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 4 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
  • 5 p: 266-289., p: 266-289.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Zakho” last modified July 11, 2025, http://syriaca.org/place/208.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Zakho.”, 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/208.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Zakho

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 Geoffrey Khan
  • 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
  • Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson

Copyright and License for Reuse

Except otherwise noted, this page is © 2025.

Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

Show full citation information...
* This map displays 2 records. Only places with coordinates are displayed.