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Dara - ܕܪܐ

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A Roman city between Mardin and Nisibis.

Names

  • ܕܪܐ
  • Dara1, 4, 5, 11, 12
  • ܕܳܪܳܐ2
  • ܡܕܝܢܬܐ9
  • دارا3, 6

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates (preferred):
    • Lat. 37.17899° Long. 40.95491°1
  • Coordinates (alternate):
    • Lat. 37.1783845° Long. 40.948011°10
  • Coordinates (alternate):
    • Lat. 37.1794156000° Long. 40.9541345000°11

Descriptions

“ܡܕܝܺܢܬܐ ܗܝ ܕܒܰܦܫܦܘܽܠܐ ܕܛܘܪܐ ܒܶܝܬ ܢܨܺܝܒܝܺܢ ܠܡܰܪܕܺܝܢ ܐܶܬܝܰܬܒܰܬ ܫܢܰܬ 506 ܘܩܰܘܝܰܬ ܟܘܪܣܝܳܐ ܐܶܦܝܣܩܘܦܳܝܐ ܠܣܘܪ̈ܝܳܝܐ ܥܕܡܐ ܠܡܶܨܥܝ̈ܬܗ ܕܕܳܪܳܐ ܕܝ̄ܒ ܘܝܰܘܡܳܢ ܩܪܺܝܬܳܐ ܗܝ ܙܥܘܽܪܬܐ.”2
“بلدة في لحف جبل بين نصيبين وماردين مُصّرت عام 506م وظلت كرسيا اسقفيا للسريان حتى اواسط المئة الثانية عشرة وهي اليوم قرية حقيرة”3
A Roman city between Mardin and Nisibis.
“a town situated at the foot of the mountain between Nisibin and Mardin. Built in 506, it remained a seat of Syrian bishops until the middle of the twelfth century. Today it is an insignificant village.”4
“Located in Roman Mesopotamia close to the Persian border, Dara was built by the emperor Anastasius in the early 6th century as a fortress city to confront the Persian stronghold of Nisibis. The fall of the city to the Persians in 573 reportedly triggered Justin's lapse into madness. The Persian siege of the city is described in Joh. Eph., EH 6.5.”7

Attestation

Attestation of name دارا in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. دارا3, 6 6
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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: 104, 168, 178, 251, 267, 419, 432, map: Map I B1, II B1, III.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: 540.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: 507.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: 553.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013)., entry: Dara.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 6 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī and ياقوت الحموي, معجم البلدان (Beirut: دار الكتب العلميةDār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990)., p: II:477.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 7 Oliver Nicholson, The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018)., p: 456-457.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 8 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 275; 287; 292; 293; 297; 306; 308; 309; 314; 315; 318; 320; 338, chapter: 3.6.5; 3.6.6; 3.6.8; 3.6.12; 3.6.13; 3.6.19; 3.6.21; 3.6.34.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 9 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 288; 289; 290; 291, chapter: 3.6.5.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 10 Roger Bagnall et al., Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places., entry: https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874444.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 11 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: 1, 7, 14.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 12 William L. Potter and David A. Michelson, "Index of Maps." in Daniel King (ed.), The Syriac World (London-New York: Routledge, 2018)., p: 826.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Dara — ܕܪܐ ” last modified July 11, 2025, http://syriaca.org/place/67.

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Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Dara — ܕܪܐ .”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2025. Entry published July 11, 2025. http://syriaca.org/place/67.

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Entry Title: Dara — ܕܪܐ

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
  • Data from John of Ephesus added by Silvio Roggo
  • 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
  • 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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