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Gargar - ܓܪܓܪ

A city near the Euphrates between Melitene and Amida.

Names

  • ܓܪܓܪ
  • Gargar1, 4
  • ܓܰܪܓܰܪ2
  • جرجر3
  • كركر3
  • كَرْكر5
  • Gerger1
  • Karkar4

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 38.028889° Long. 39.032222°1

Descriptions

“ܚܶܣܢܰܐ ܗܘ ܘܰܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܒܩܘܪܒܳܐ ܕܡܝܺܠܝܺܛܝܢܝ ܒܶܝܬ ܫܰܡܝܫܰܛ ܠܚܰܣܢ ܙܝܰܐܕ ܠܡܰܥܪܒܳܐ ܕܰܦܪܳܬ. ܚܶܪܒܰܬ.”2
“حصن وبلدة قرب ملطية بين سميساط وحصن زياد غربي الفرات تولاها الخراب.”3
A city near the Euphrates between Melitene and Amida.
“an ancient citadel and town near Melitene, between Samosata and Ḥiṣn Ziyād, west of the Euphrates.”4

Attestation

Attestation of name كَرْكر in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. كَرْكر5 5
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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: 60, 284, 290, 335, map: Map 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: 560.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: 518.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:514.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., “Gargar — ܓܪܓܪ ” last modified June 30, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/86.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Gargar — ܓܪܓܪ .”, 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/86.

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Entry Title: Gargar — ܓܪܓܪ

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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