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Arzun - ܐܪܙܘܢ

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“Arzun was the capital of the Armenian districut of Arzanene on the border zone between the Armenian highlands and upper Mesopotamia. Joh. Eph., EH 6.34, records the Roman conquest of the city in the early 580s.”6

Names

  • ܐܪܙܘܢ7
  • Arzun1, 4, 9, 10
  • ܐܰܪܙܘܢ2
  • ܓܘܽܪܙܰܐܢ2
  • أَرْزَن5
  • ارزون3
  • غورزان3
  • Arzen6
  • Arzon1, 8, 10
  • Ghurzān4

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates (preferred):
    • Lat. 37.973889° Long. 41.384722°
  • Coordinates (alternate):
    • Lat. 37.9761472000° Long. 41.3843930000°8, 9

Descriptions

“ܡܕܝܺܢܬܐ ܪܒܬܐ ܕܢܳܦܠܐ ܠܓܰܪܒܰܝ ܡܰܥܪܰܒ ܣܥܶܪܬ ܚܰܪ̈ܒܳܬܗ̇ ܩܝ̈ܡܳܢ”2
“مدينة كبيرة كانت شمالي غربي سعرت اطلالها ماثلة”3
“a large city, formerly northwest of Seʿert. Its ruins can still be seen.”4
“Arzun was the capital of the Armenian districut of Arzanene on the border zone between the Armenian highlands and upper Mesopotamia. Joh. Eph., EH 6.34, records the Roman conquest of the city in the early 580s.”6

Attestation

Attestation of name أَرْزَن in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. أَرْزَن5 5

Notes

Barsoum also refers to this place in his description for Philoxenus of Mabbug as "Ghurzān" erroneously.
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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: 33, 218, 310.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: 257, 536.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: 231, 504.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: 268, 551.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: I:180.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 6 Oliver Nicholson, The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018)., p: 161.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 7 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 276; 311; 331; 338, chapter: 3.6.15; 3.6.27; 3.6.34.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 8 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: 7.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 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, 14.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 10 William L. Potter and David A. Michelson, "Index of Maps." in Daniel King (ed.), The Syriac World (London-New York: Routledge, 2018)., p: 825.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 11 p: 88-104., p: 88-104.
  • 12 p: 189-201., p: 189-201.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Arzun — ܐܪܙܘܢ ” last modified July 11, 2025, http://syriaca.org/place/285.

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Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Arzun — ܐܪܙܘܢ .”, 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/285.

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Entry Title: Arzun — ܐܪܙܘܢ

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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Data from John of Ephesus added by Silvio Roggo

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