Marga - ܡܪܓܐ
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Place Type
diocese
Location
- Coordinates
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- Lat. 36.7190379000° Long. 43.9505267000°7
Descriptions
“ܦܢܺܝܬܐ ܕܰܒܓܰܪܒܰܝ ܡܰܕܢܰܚ ܡܘܨܠ ܡܶܢܩܕܺܝܡ ܪܘܣܬܩܳܐ ܪܰܒܐ ܗܘܳܬ.”2
“ناحية في شمال شرقي الموصل كانت قديما رستاقا كبيرا.”3
“a place northeast of Mosul, formerly a big province.”4
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"Marga (East Syrian diocese)" in WikipediaWorks 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: 56, 414, 417.
- 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.
- 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.
- 4 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003)., p: 556.
- 5 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013)., entry: Marga.
- 6 David Wilmshurst, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913, CSCO 582, Subs. 104 (Louvain: Peeters, 2000), p: 62, 125, 128, 144, 156, 166, 191, 203, 218, 345, 347.
- 7 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: 7, 14.
- 8 William L. Potter and David A. Michelson, "Index of Maps." in Daniel King (ed.), The Syriac World (London-New York: Routledge, 2018)., p: 830.
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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
- 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
- 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