Dunaysar - ܕܢܝܣܪ
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Place Type
settlement
Descriptions
“ܠܬܰܝܡܢܗ ܡܰܥܪܒܳܝܐ ܕܡܰܪܕܝܢ ܒܰܝܢܳܬܗܝܢ ܬܪܶܝܢ ܦܰܪ̈ܣܚܐ ܒܕܳܪܐ ܕܰܬܠܳܬܰܥܣܪ ܡܕܝܢܬܳܐ ܗܘܳܬ ܪܒܬܐ. ܝܰܘܡܳܢܐ ܒܪܰܡ ܩܰܝܳܡܐ ܒܕܘܟܬܗ̇ ܩܰܣܛܪܐ ܕܡܶܬܶܐܡܰܪ ܠܗ ܩܶܙܶܠܬܰܦܰܗ ܗ̄ ܬܶܠܳܐ ܣܘܡܳܩܐ. ”1
“جنوبي ماردين بينهما فرسخان كانت في القرن الثالث عشر بلدة عظيمة اما اليوم فهي قرية تسمى قوج حصار يجاورها قرية تل ارمن.”2
“situated south of Mardin, Dunaysar was a large town in the thirteenth century. Today it is a small village, called Koç Hisar, near Tell al-Arman.”3
Notes
Dolabani's description asserts an erroneous relation to Kızıltepe.
Status: published
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Works Cited
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- 1 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: 555.
- 2 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: 516.
- 3 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003)., p: 553.
- 4 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī and ياقوت الحموي, معجم البلدان (Beirut: دار الكتب العلميةDār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990)., p: II:544.
- 5 عمر بن خضر الدنيسري and ʿUmar b. Khiḍr al-Dunaysarī, كتاب تاريخ دنيسر (دمشق Damascus: مجمع اللغة العربيةMajmaʿ al-Lugha al-ʿArabiyya, 1986).
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— ܕܢܝܣܪ
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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
- Citation of al-Dunaysarī's Kitāb Taʾrīkh Dunaysar provided by Luke Yarbrough
- 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