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al-Kūfa - ܟܘܦܗ

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Names

  • ܟܘܦܗ2
  • al-Kūfa1
  • ܥܰܐܩܘܠܐ2
  • الكوفة3
  • الكُوفة5
  • عاقولا3
  • Aqula4
  • Kufa4

Place Type

settlement

Descriptions

“ܘܡܶܬܶܐܡܰܪ ܠܳܗ̇ ܥܰܐܩܘܠܐ ܘܺܗܝ ܗܺܝ ܐܰܬܪܐ ܕܝܺܕܝܥ ܒܰܙܒܰܢ ܐܰܪܥܳܐ ܕܒܳܒܝܠ ܒܡܰܕܒܪܳܐ ܕܥܪܰܐܩ ܚܰܪܝܒܳܐ. ”2
“ويقال لها عاقولا وهي المصر المشهور يوما بارض بابل من سواد العراق، مندرسة.”3
“in southern Iraq; no longer in existence.”4

Attestation

Attestation of name الكُوفة in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. الكُوفة5 5

Notes

In Dolabani's translation of Barsoum's description “ܘܺܗܝ” should read “ܘܗܺܝ”.
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  • 1 Sebastian P. Brock et al., Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 70, 198.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: 561.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: 519.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: 555.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: IV:557.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “al-Kūfa — ܟܘܦܗ ” last modified June 30, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/452.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “al-Kūfa — ܟܘܦܗ .”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2014. Entry published June 30, 2014. http://syriaca.org/place/452.

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Entry Title: al-Kūfa — ܟܘܦܗ

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
  • 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

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