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Baghdad - ܒܓܕܕ

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“City on the Tigris, approximately 35 km. north of Seleucia-Ctesiphon.”1

Names

  • ܒܓܕܕ3
  • Baghdad2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10
  • بغداد4, 8
  • Babylon7

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates (preferred):
    • Lat. 33.325° Long. 44.422°2
  • Coordinates (alternate):
    • Lat. 33.3325362000° Long. 44.3406487000°9

Descriptions

“68. Baghdad”1
“City on the Tigris, approximately 35 km. north of Seleucia-Ctesiphon.”1

Attestation

Attestation of name بغداد in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. بغداد4, 8 8
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Works Cited

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  • 1 H. Takahashi, "Baghdad." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 50-51.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Sebastian P. Brock et al., Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 17, 21, 23, 40 (fig. 13), 41, 50–51, 54, 70–71, 72, 73–74, 92, 100, 127, 169, 181, 185, 205, 207, 215, 219–222, 244, 251, 262, 280, 301, 314, 350, 354, 360, 365, 371, 372, 378, 388, 389, 392, 395–396 (with fig. 115), 398, 399, 424, 429–430, 439, 444, map: Map II C2.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 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: 537.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 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: 505.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003)., p: 552.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 6 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013)., entry: Baghdad.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 7 David Wilmshurst, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913, CSCO 582, Subs. 104 (Louvain: Peeters, 2000), p: 12, 16, 17, 18, 52, 127, 176, 178, 180, 182-187, 192, 198, 210, 237, 261, 264, 265, 282, 316, 342, 344, 345, 348.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 8 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī and ياقوت الحموي, معجم البلدان (Beirut: دار الكتب العلميةDār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990)., p: I:541.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero 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: 2, 8, 9.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 Grigory Kessel, "Syriac Medicine." in Daniel King (ed.), The Syriac World, Routledge Worlds (London: Routledge, 2019), p: 438-459.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 12 p: 583-624., p: 583-624.
  • 13 p: 770-782., p: 770-782.
  • 14 p: 718-730., p: 718-730.
  • 15 p: 189-201., p: 189-201.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Baghdad — ܒܓܕܕ ” last modified July 11, 2025, http://syriaca.org/place/41.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Baghdad — ܒܓܕܕ .”, 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/41.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Baghdad — ܒܓܕܕ

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 Grigory Kessel
  • Connection to the Syriac World identified by Mark Dickens
  • Connection to the Syriac World identified by Heleen Murre-van Den Berg
  • Connection to the Syriac World identified by Thomas A. Carlson
  • 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
  • Wilmshurst index information entry by Anthony Davis
  • Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
  • Initial Barsoum entry creation by David A. Michelson

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