Thomas A. Carlson (ed.), "al-Wāsiṭ — ܘܐܣܛ " in last modified June 30, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/509
    
        
            
                
                    al-Wāsiṭ
                    ܘܐܣܛ
                    ܘܰܐܣܛ
                    واسط
                    Wasit
                    A city of southern Iraq on the west bank of the Tigris.
                    
                        Attestation of name واسط in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
                        
                    
          
                        
                        
                    
                    Not the same conceptual place as Kashkar.
                    http://syriaca.org/place/509
                    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasit,_Iraq
                    http://dbpedia.org/resource/Wasit,_Iraq
                    
                        The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage
                        
                        1, 8, 50, 70, 162, 195, 212, 405
                    
                    
                        ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ
                        
                        562
                    
                    
                        كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية
                        
                        520
                    
                    
                        The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences
                        
                        556
                    
                    
                        Muʿjam al-buldān
                        Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī
                        
                        V:400