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Baṣra - [ Syriac Not Available ]

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A city in southern Iraq.

Names

  • Baṣra1
  • البصرة4
  • Basra3
  • Basrah2
  • Prat d-Mayshan1

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 30.5° Long. 47.816667°1

Attestation

Attestation of name البصرة in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. البصرة4 4
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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: 48, 51, 92, 170, 183, 202, 212, 217, 221, 262, 306, 378, 389, 398, 411, 437map: Map I D3, II D3. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Sergey Minov, ed., A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Basrah