Mashhad Kuḥayl - ܡܫܗܕ ܟܘܚܝܠ
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settlement
Descriptions
“ܡܕܺܝܢܬܐ ܗܘܳܬ ܪܰܒܬܐ ܕܥܰܠ ܕܶܩܠܰܬ ܒܰܝܢܳܬ ܬܪܶܝܢ ܙܒܐ ܠܥܶܠ ܡܶܢ ܬܰܓܪܺܝܬ ܒܓܰܒܳܐ ܡܰܥܪܒܳܝܐ. ܝܰܘܡܳܢ ܕܶܝܢ ܠܰܝܬ ܠܳܗ̇ ܛܶܒܐ ܘܠܐ ܐܳܬܳܐ ܘܐܝܺܬܝܶܗ̇ ܡܳܬܳܐ ܕܡܘܫܶܐ ܕܒܰܪ ܟܐܺܦܳܐ ܝܰܕܘܥܬܳܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܳܝܳܐ 903”1
“« قال ياقوت » كانت كحيل مدينة عظيمة على دجلة بين الزابين فوق تكريت من الجانب الغربي، اما الآن فليس لها خبر ولا اثر » وهي موطن موسى ابن كيفا العالم السرياني 903 +. ”2
“Yaquṭ says, “Kuḥayl was a big city on the Tigris between the two Zabs, above Takrit, going southwards. Today it is no more.” Kuḥayl was the birthplace of the Syrian learned man Moses Bar Kepha (d. 903).”3
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- 1 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.
- 2 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.
- 3 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003)., p: 556.
- 4 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī and ياقوت الحموي, معجم البلدان (Beirut: دار الكتب العلميةDār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990)., p: IV:498.
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Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Mashhad Kuḥayl
— ܡܫܗܕ ܟܘܚܝܠ
” last modified June 30, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/458.
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Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Mashhad Kuḥayl — ܡܫܗܕ ܟܘܚܝܠ .”, 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/458.About this Entry
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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