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ʿAyn Zarba - ܥܝܢ ܙܪܒܐ

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A city in Cilicia, a provincial capital of the Roman Empire and for a time the capital of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.

Names

  • ܥܝܢ ܙܪܒܐ
  • ʿAyn Zarba1, 4, 6, 8
  • ܐܰܢܐܙܘܪܐ2
  • ܙܢܐܙܪܒܐ2
  • ܥܰܝܢܕܰܐܒܐ2
  • انازربة3
  • انازروه3
  • عين زربة3
  • عينُ زَربَى5
  • Anazarba1, 6, 7
  • Anāzarba4
  • Anazarbos1
  • Anāzūra4
  • Ayn Zarba
  • ‘Ayn Zarba

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates (preferred):
    • Lat. 37.263889° Long. 35.905556°1
  • Coordinates (alternate):
    • Lat. 37.2535601000° Long. 35.9041786000°6

Descriptions

“ܡܕܝܢܬܳܐ ܕܰܒܩܝܠܺܝܩܝܰܐ ܣܺܝܡܳܐ ܗܘܳܬ ܥܰܠ ܢܗܰܪ ܓܺܝ̣ܚܘܢ ܘܝܰܘܡܳܢ ܗܘܳܬ ܩܪܺܝܬܳܐ ܕܡܶܬܶܐܡܰܪ ܠܳܗ̇ ܐܰܢܐܙܘܪܐ.”2
“مدينة في قيليقية كانت واقعة على نهر جيحان وامست الان قرية يقال لها انازروه.”3
A city in Cilicia, a provincial capital of the Roman Empire and for a time the capital of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.
“a town in Cilicia, on the river Jījān. Today it is a small village called Anāzūra.”4

Attestation

Attestation of name عينُ زَربَى in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. عينُ زَربَى5 5

Notes

Dolabani's printer misread the initial olaph of this name as a zayn.
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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: 35, map: Map I A1, II A1.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: 559.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: 517.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: 551.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:201.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 6 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: 2, 3.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 7 William L. Potter and David A. Michelson, "Index of Maps." in Daniel King (ed.), The Syriac World (London-New York: Routledge, 2018)., p: 824.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 8 William L. Potter and David A. Michelson, "Index of Maps." in Daniel King (ed.), The Syriac World (London-New York: Routledge, 2018)., p: 825.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., “ʿAyn Zarba — ܥܝܢ ܙܪܒܐ ” last modified July 11, 2025, http://syriaca.org/place/9.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “ʿAyn Zarba — ܥܝܢ ܙܪܒܐ .”, 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/9.

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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
  • 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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