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al-Qaryatayn - ܩܪܝܬܝܢ

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A town northeast of Damascus and southeast of Ḥimṣ.

Names

  • ܩܪܝܬܝܢ
  • al-Qaryatayn1, 4
  • ܩܰܪܝܰܬܝܢ2
  • القريتان5
  • القريتين3

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 34.233333° Long. 37.233333°1

Descriptions

“ܐܰܬܪܰܐ ܗܘ ܕܒܐܘܚܕܳܢܐ ܕܰܚܡܶܨ ܡܰܪܕܶܐ ܬܪܶܝܢ ܝܰܘܡܝ̈ܢ ܒܐܘܪܚܳܐ ܕܡܰܕܒܪܐ ܕܒܶܝܬ ܠܗ̇ ܘܰܠܣܰܟܢܗ ܘܐܪܟ.”2
“بليدة من اعمال حمص مرحلة يومين عنها في طريق البرية بينها وبين سخنة ارك.”3
“a small town in the province of Ḥomṣ, about ten day journey from there on the way to the desert between Sukhna and Arak.”4
A town northeast of Damascus and southeast of Ḥimṣ.

Attestation

Attestation of name القريتان in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. القريتان5 5
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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: 117, 197, 425, map: Map II B2, V.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 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: 558.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 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: 518.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003)., p: 557.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī and ياقوت الحموي, معجم البلدان (Beirut: دار الكتب العلميةDār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990)., p: IV:382.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “al-Qaryatayn — ܩܪܝܬܝܢ ” last modified June 30, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/212.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “al-Qaryatayn — ܩܪܝܬܝܢ .”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2014. Entry published June 30, 2014. http://syriaca.org/place/212.

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Entry Title: al-Qaryatayn — ܩܪܝܬܝܢ

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

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