Thomas A. Carlson and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Balikh — ܢܗܪ ܒܐܠܚ " in last modified June 30, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/43
    
        
            
                
                    Balikh
                    ܢܗܪ ܒܐܠܚ
                    ܢܗܰܪ ܒܰܐܠܚ
                    نهر البليخ
                    Balikh river
                    البليخ
                    A tributary of the Euphrates that enters it at al-Raqqa.
                    
                        Attestation of name البليخ in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
                        
                    
          
                    GEDSH article "Edessa" identifies with Daysan, but the identification is contested.
                    http://syriaca.org/place/43
                    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balikh_River
                    http://dbpedia.org/resource/Balikh_River
                    
                        The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage
                        
                        138
                        Map III
                    
                    
                        ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ
                        
                        546
                    
                    
                        كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية
                        
                        510
                    
                    
                        The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences
                        
                        570
                    
                    
                        Muʿjam al-buldān
                        Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī
                        
                        I:584