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Classical Adiabene, Syriac Ḥadyāb, refers to the region between the Upper and Lower Zab rivers, from the Tigris in the west to Mt. Ṣalāḥ al-dīn (= Mt. Pirmum) in the east.1

Names

  • Adiabene2, 5, 6, 7
  • ܚܕܝܐܒ
  • ܚܶܕܝܰܐܒ3
  • حدياب4
  • Erbil7
  • Ḥadyab2
  • Ḥazzā1

Place Type

region

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 36.191265° Long. 44.00924°8

Descriptions

20. Adiabene1

Notes

Dolabani transcribed the name from Arabic rather than presenting a native Syriac form.
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Works Cited

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  • 1 A. Harrak, "Adiabene." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 10-11.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 2 Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 2, 5, 7, 10–11, 31, 72, 144, 157, 175, 183, 194, 199, 202, 217, 218, 243, 294, 309, 311, 324, 414, 417, 430, 437, 440, map: Map I C1, II C1.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, Berule bdire d-ʿal yulpone suryoye hdire, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani, 2nd ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), p: 162.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 4 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, al-Luʼluʼ al-manthūr fī tārīkh al-ʻulūm wa-al-ādāb al-Suryāniyyah, 4th ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987), p: 142.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 5 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd rev. ed. (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2003), p: 164.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 6 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Adiabene.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 7 David Wilmshurst, The ecclesiastical organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, vol. 582; Subsidia, tomus 104 (Leuven: Peeters, 2000), p: 14, 20, 30, 95, 127, 165, 166-174, 346, 347, 350, 354, 355, 358.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 8 http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893935

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Thomas A. Carlson, “Adiabene” last modified July 30, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/993.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson, “Adiabene.”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2014. Entry published July 30, 2014. http://syriaca.org/place/993.

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Entry Title: Adiabene

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  • Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
  • Wilmshurst index information entry by Anthony Davis
  • Alternate name Hazza with citation supplied by Nathan P. Gibson
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by David A. Michelson
  • 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 Daniel L. Schwartz

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