Index of Places
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Bāb al-ʿAmūd
— ܬܪܥܐ ܕܥܡܘܕܐ
(quarter)
Names: Bāb al-ʿAmūdBab al-ʿĀmūdBāb al-AmūdBāb al-‘AmūdBab al-ĀmūdBab al-‘ĀmūdA district of Jerusalem.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/557
Bāb Allah
— ܬܪܥ ܐܝܠ
(building)
Names: Bāb AllahBab AllahA gate of Aleppo.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/570
Babai of Nisibis (monastery)
Names: Babai of Nisibismonastery of Babai of NisibisA monastery probably near Nisibis.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/609
Babisqa (settlement)
Names: BabisqaBabiskaA town southwest of Aleppo.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/687
Babylonia (region)
Names: BabyloniaA region of Mesopotamia around the ancient city of Babylon.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/578
Bādaghīs (unknown)
Names: BādaghīsA place three days journey from BūshanjURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2998
Bādiya
— ܒܐܕܝܐ
(settlement)
Names: BādiyaA village perhaps near Tagrit.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1510
Bafawah (settlement)
Names: BafawahṬur AbdinṬur ‘AbdinA village in Ṭur ʿAbdin.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/688
Baghdad
— ܒܓܕܕ
(settlement)
Names: BaghdadBabylon"City on the Tigris, approximately 35 km. north of Seleucia-Ctesiphon."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/41
Bahdeidat (settlement)
Names: Bahdeidat"Bahdeidat is 12 km. northeast of Jbeil (Giblet or Byblos), 47 km. from Beirut, 550 m. above sea level."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/263
al-Baḥrayn (region)
Names: al-BaḥraynA cluster of many towns and villages in the eastern part of Arabian PeninsulaURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2941
al-Baḥrayn
— ܒܚܪܝܢ
(diocese)
Names: al-BaḥraynA place whose inhabitants received a letter from Ḥabīb b. Khidma Abū Rāʾiṭa.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1507
Balabitene — ܒܝܠܐܒܝܛܝܢܐܣ
(region)
Names: BalabiteneA region in northern MesopotamiaURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2748
Balad
— ܒܠܕ
(settlement)
Names: BaladAski MosulBalaṭEski Mosul"Balad, Assyrian Balaṭ, Syriac and Arabic Balad or Balaṭ, and modern Aski Mosul (Turkish for ‘Old Mosul’) are names referring to a town located some 40 km. northwest of Mosul, on the west bank of the Tigris."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/42
Balikh
— ܢܗܪ ܒܐܠܚ
(river)
Names: BalikhBalikh riverA tributary of the Euphrates that enters it at al-Raqqa.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/43
Bālū
— ܒܐܠܘ
(settlement)
Names: BālūBalūMamūrat al-AzīzMa‘mūrat al-‘AzīzA town east of Maʿmūrat al-ʿAzīz.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/520
Bālulan (settlement)
Names: BālulanBālūlan‘Beʿellawin'‘Beellawin'‘Be‘ellawin'A village west of Urmia.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/248
Bar Aphthonia — ܒܪ ܐܦܬܘܢܝܐ
(monastery)
Names: Bar AphthoniaA monastery in HarranURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2802
Bar Qayṭi (monastery)
Names: Bar QayṭiBar Qaitimonastery of BarqitaA monastery in the region of Sinjar, whose monks wrote a letter to Catholicos Sabrishoʿ in 598.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/610
Barṭelle
— ܒܪܛܠܗ
(settlement)
Names: BarṭelleBarṭilleBarṭallāhBeṯ Bar Ṭelaï"A small town located some 20 km. to the southeast of Mosul on the road that links this ciy with Arbela and on which Karamlish and Qaraqosh are also found."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/260
Barzand (settlement)
Names: BarzandA city fifteen farsakhs from ArdabīlURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2987
Bashkale (region)
Names: BashkaleA mountainous region southeast of Lake Van.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/30
Bashosh (settlement)
Names: BashoshShoshBāshōshShōshA village in northern Iraq.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/980
Baṣra (diocese)
Names: BaṣraBasra (titular diocese and patriarchal vicariate)URI: http://syriaca.org/place/2269
Baṣra (settlement)
Names: BaṣraPrat d-MayshanBasrahBasraA city in southern Iraq.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/44
Bassīṭ (settlement)
Names: BassīṭBassitA coastal town north of Laodicea.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/579
Baṭnan
— ܒܛܢܢ
(settlement)
Names: BaṭnanBaṭnānBatnanA town of Serugh.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/45
Batrun
— ܒܛܪܘܢ
(settlement)
Names: BatrunBotromA coastal town between Tripoli and Jubail.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/266
Baʿalbak (settlement)
Names: BaʿalbakBaalbekHeliopolisBaalbakBa‘albakA city in Lebanon.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/577
Bāʿshīqā (settlement)
Names: BāʿshīqāBeṯ ʿAshīqāBāshīqāBā‘shīqāBeṯ AshīqāBeṯ ‘AshīqāURI: http://syriaca.org/place/978
ʾBdhyr — ܐܒܕܗܝܪ
(settlement)
Names: ʾBdhyrA village on the EuphratesURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2864
Beirut
— ܒܝܪܘܬ
(settlement)
Names: BeirutBerytos"Beirut, Lebanon is mentioned in many Syr. Orth. texts in connection with the St. Jude monastery and church."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/46
Bektaş
— ܒܓܕܐܫܝܗ
(settlement)
Names: BektaşBagdashiyyaA village southwest of Mardin, near Kfartuto.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/47
Benshemesh
— ܒܢܫܡܫ
(unknown)
Names: BenshemeshBenshamsA place east of the Khabur river in Jazira.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1505
Berwari (region)
Names: BerwariBerwarBarwarBerwārīBeṯ TannūrāJulmarA region in the Hakkari mountains.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/254
Beth Aramaye (diocese)
Names: Beth AramayeBet AramayeBeṯ AramāyePatriarchal Province, fifth to thirteenth centuries"Ecclesiastical province of the Ch. of E., situated in Central Iraq."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/32
Beth Arsham — ܒܝܬ ܐܪܫܡ
(diocese)
Names: Beth ArshamThe diocese associated with the city of Beth ArshamURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2749
Beth Bar ʿrubtha — ܒܝܬ ܒܪ ܥܪܘܒܬܐ
(church)
Names: Beth Bar ʿrubthaThe church in the village of Beth Bar ʿrubthaURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2750
Beth Bar ʿrubtha — ܒܝܬ ܒܪ ܥܪܘܒܬܐ
(monastery)
Names: Beth Bar ʿrubthaA monastery in the village of Beth Bar ʿrubthaURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2751
Beth Bar ʿrubtha — ܒܝܬ ܒܪ ܥܪܘܒܬܐ
(settlement)
Names: Beth Bar ʿrubthaURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2752
Beth Bgash (diocese)
Names: Beth BgashBet BgashA diocese of the Church of the East.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/580
Beth Debe
— ܒܝܬ ܕܒ̈ܐ
(settlement)
Names: Beth DebeBadebeṬur AbdinṬur ‘AbdinA village in Ṭur ʿAbdin.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/541
Beth Garmai
— ܒܝܬ ܓܪ̈ܡܝ
(diocese)
Names: Beth GarmaiBajermiBet GarmaiBeṯ GarmaïDāqūqā"An ecclesiastical province confined between the Lower Zab northward, the Tigris westward, the Diyālā river southward, and the mountains of Ḥimrīn eastward."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/33
Beth Gūrbāq (settlement)
Names: Beth GūrbāqBeṯ GūrbāqAbū GharbūʿaAbū GharbūaAbū Gharbū‘aURI: http://syriaca.org/place/1026
Beth Ḥur
— ܒܝܬ ܚܘܪ
(unknown)
Names: Beth ḤurA place the invasion of which was described in two poems ascribed to Isḥaq of Edessa.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1455
Beth Huzaye
— ܟܘܙܣܬܐܢ
(diocese)
Names: Beth HuzayeKhuzistanAhwazBet HuzayeElamʿĪlāmĪlām‘ĪlāmA diocese of the Church of the East, also known as Elam, centered around Beth Lapaṭ.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/34
Beth Kiyūnā
— ܒܝܬ ܟܝܘ̈ܢܐ
(settlement)
Names: Beth KiyūnāBeth KiyonaA village probably near Bārimmān.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1499
Beth Lapaṭ
— ܒܝܬ ܠܦܛ
(settlement)
Names: Beth LapaṭGondeshapurJundi-ShapurBeth LaphetBet LapatGundishapurJundishapur"Chief city of Beth Huzaye/Khuzistan, whose metropolitan bishopric ranked second after that of Seleucia-Ctesiphon."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/35
Beth Malka
— ܕܝܪܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܡܠܟܐ
(monastery)
Names: Beth MalkaBeth Malke MonasteryURI: http://syriaca.org/place/393
Beth Manʿem
— ܒܝܬ ܡܢܥܡ
(settlement)
Names: Beth ManʿemBanimʿimBeth ManemBeth Man‘emBanimimBanim‘imṬur AbdinṬur ‘AbdinA village in Ṭur ʿAbdin southeast of Midyat.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/243
Beth Mar Yuḥanon of Beth Zagba
— ܒܝܬ ܡܪܝ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܒܝܬ ܙܓܒܐ
(monastery)
Names: Beth Mar Yuḥanon of Beth ZagbaSt. John's Monastery in Beth ZaghbaBeth Mar John of Beth ZagbaThe monastery where the Rabbula Gospels were copied, probably located north of Apamea.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/2578
Beth Marka — ܒܝܬ ܡܪܩܐ
(settlement)
Names: Beth MarkaA village in IngileneURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2753
Beth Musika —
ܒܝܬ ܡܘܣܝܩܐ
(monastery)
Names: Beth MusikaA monastery near the village of Beth MusikaURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2755
Beth Musika — ܒܝܬ ܡܘܣܝܩܐ
(settlement)
Names: Beth MusikaA village near AbarneURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2754
Beth Naʿar
— ܒܝܬ ܢܥܪ
(settlement)
Names: Beth NaʿarBeth NaarBeth NaarBeth Na‘arA village near Edessa.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1512
Beth Nuhadra (diocese)
Names: Beth NuhadraBeṯ Nūhaḏrā (West Syrian diocese)URI: http://syriaca.org/place/2279
Beth Nuhadra (diocese)
Names: Beth NuhadraBa-nuhadraBenuhadraBa-hadraBet NuhadreBeṯ Nūhaḏrā (East Syrian diocese)"An E.-Syr. bishopric seat the heartland of which was the region extending from the small Khabur river to the Tigris, including the area of modern Zakho and part of Dehok."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/36
Beth Qaṭraye (region)
Names: Beth QaṭrayeBet Qatraye"The region known in Syriac as Beth Qaṭraye includes not only the peninsula of Qaṭar, but also its hinterland Yamāma, and the entire coast of northeast Arabia as far as the peninsula of Musandam, in present-day Oman, along with the islands."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/37
Beth Qiduna
— ܒܝܬ ܩܝܕܘܢܐ
(settlement)
Names: Beth QidunaḲidunaChidunaeKidunURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2575
Beth Qoqa (monastery)
Names: Beth Qoqamonastery of Bet Qoqamonastery of SabrishoMār SabrīshōʿBeṯ QōqāMār SabrīshōMār Sabrīshō‘A monastery outside Erbil.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/611
Beth Qustan
— ܒܝܬ ܩܣܝܢܐ
(settlement)
Names: Beth QustanBaqsyanBet QustanṬur AbdinṬur ‘AbdinA village in Ṭur ʿAbdin.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/537
Beth Raziqaye (diocese)
Names: Beth RaziqayeA diocese of the Church of the East, south of the Caspian Sea.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/38
Beth Remsha — ܒܝܬ ܪܡܫܐ
(settlement)
Names: Beth RemshaBeth RemshaA village with estates under the control of the bishop of AleppoURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2635
Beth Rwmntʾ — ܒܝܬ ܪܘܡܢܬܐ
(settlement)
Names: Beth RwmntʾA village in SopheneURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2756
Beth Saharoye — ܒܝܬ ܣܚܪ̈ܝܐ
(quarter)
Names: Beth SaharoyeA quarter of the city of EdessaURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2585
Beth Ṣayyare (settlement)
Names: Beth ṢayyareBéṯ ṢayyāréA village in the ʿAmadiyya region where Yawsep Busnaya moved after leaving the monastery of Rabban Hormizd.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/2614
Beth Sbirino
— ܒܝܬ ܣܒܝܪܝܢܐ
(settlement)
Names: Beth SbirinoBsorinoBāsebrīnaBeth SeverianosBasibrinaṬur AbdinṬur ‘AbdinA village in Ṭur ʿAbdin.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/49
Beth Shahaq
— ܒܝܬ ܫܗܐܩ
(settlement)
Names: Beth ShahaqBeth ShāhāqA village near Nineveh.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/307
Beth Sheriye
— ܒܝܬ ܫܐܪ̈ܝܐ
(region)
Names: Beth Sheriyeal-BsheriyyehBsheriyyehBushayriyyaBshīrURI: http://syriaca.org/place/302
Beth Tabarā — ܒܝܬ ܬܒܪܐ
(quarter)
Names: Beth TabarāA quarter of the city of EdessaURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2584
Beth Ṭure (diocese)
Names: Beth ṬureBeṯ Ṭūre (ʻthe mountains’)ʻMountains’URI: http://syriaca.org/place/2282
ܿBeth Urtaye — ܒܝܬ ܐܘܪ̈ܛܝܐ
(region)
Names: ܿBeth UrtayeUrtayeAnziteneHanzitA region north of MesopotamiaURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2758
Beth Waziq (settlement)
Names: Beth WaziqBeth BawazigBeṯ WāzīqKōnishābūrURI: http://syriaca.org/place/806
Beth Zabdai
— ܒܝܬ ܙܒܕܝ
(diocese)
Names: Beth ZabdaiBazabdiA diocese of the Church of the East on the upper Tigris.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/39
Beth Zagba
— ܒܝܬ ܙܘܓܒܐ
(unknown)
Names: Beth ZagbaBeth ZaghbaBet ZagbaThe site of the monastery where the Rabbula Gospels were copied, probably located north of Apamea.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/582
Beth ʿAbe (monastery)
Names: Beth ʿAbemonastery of Bet AbheMār Yaʿqōb of Beṯ ʿĀbeBeth AbeBeth ‘AbeMār Yaqōb of Beṯ ĀbeMār Ya‘qōb of Beṯ ‘Ābe"This famous monastery was founded in 595/6 by Yaʿqub, a monk of the 'Great Monastery' of Abraham of Kashkar (on the mountain of Izla), who originated from Lashom in Beth Garmai."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/223
Beth ʿAlata (settlement)
Names: Beth ʿAlataBeṯ ʿAlāṯāBeth AlataBeth ‘AlataBeṯ AlāṯāBeṯ ‘AlāṯāURI: http://syriaca.org/place/1004
Beth ʿAlata (settlement)
Names: Beth ʿAlataBeṯ ʿAlāṯāBeth AlataBeth ‘AlataBeṯ AlāṯāBeṯ ‘AlāṯāURI: http://syriaca.org/place/1005
Beth ʿArbata (settlement)
Names: Beth ʿArbataBeṯ ʿArbāṯāBeth ArbataBeth ‘ArbataBeṯ ArbāṯāBeṯ ‘ArbāṯāURI: http://syriaca.org/place/1006
Beth ʿArbaye (region)
Names: Beth ʿArbayeBeṯ ʿArabāyeSinjārBeth ArbayeBeth ‘ArbayeBeṯ ArabāyeBeṯ ‘ArabāyeURI: http://syriaca.org/place/710
Beth ʿArbaye
— ܒܐܥܪ̈ܒܐܝܐ
(diocese)
Names: Beth ʿArbayeBaʿarbāyāBet ArabayeBeth ArbayeBeth ‘ArbayeBaarbāyāBa‘arbāyā"Ecclesiastical province extending from Beth Zabdai northward, Balad southward, and Nisibis westward, the latter being its capital city."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/31
Beth ʿArbin (monastery)
Names: Beth ʿArbinBeṯ ʿArbīnDair Bā ʿArbāBeth ArbinBeth ‘ArbinBeṯ ArbīnBeṯ ‘ArbīnDair Bā ArbāDair Bā ‘ArbāURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2425
Beth ʿArīf
— ܒܝܬ ܥܪܝܦ
(settlement)
Names: Beth ʿArīfBeth ArīfBeth ‘ArīfA village near Jerusalem.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1491
Beth ʿAroʿe (region)
Names: Beth ʿAroʿeBeṯ ʿĀrōʿeBeth AroeBeth ‘Aro‘eBeṯ ĀrōeBeṯ ‘Ārō‘eURI: http://syriaca.org/place/1961
Beth ʿAwīre (settlement)
Names: Beth ʿAwīreBeṯ ʿAwīreBeth AwīreBeth ‘AwīreBeṯ AwīreBeṯ ‘AwīreURI: http://syriaca.org/place/1007
Beth ʿAynatha (settlement)
Names: Beth ʿAynathaBeṯ ʿAïnāṯāBeth AynathaBeth ‘AynathaBeṯ AïnāṯāBeṯ ‘AïnāṯāURI: http://syriaca.org/place/1003
Beth ʿAzziza (settlement)
Names: Beth ʿAzzizaBeṯ ʿAzīzāBeth AzzizaBeth ‘AzzizaBeṯ AzīzāBeṯ ‘AzīzāURI: http://syriaca.org/place/1008
Beth ʿEdray (settlement)
Names: Beth ʿEdrayBeṯ ʿEḏraïBā ʿAdreBeth EdrayBeth ‘EdrayBeṯ EḏraïBeṯ ‘EḏraïBā AdreBā ‘AdreURI: http://syriaca.org/place/1021
Beth ʿIqtā (settlement)
Names: Beth ʿIqtāBeṯ ʿIqtāBeth IqtāBeth ‘IqtāBeṯ IqtāBeṯ ‘IqtāURI: http://syriaca.org/place/1032
Beth ʿŌbhīd (settlement)
Names: Beth ʿŌbhīdBeṯ ʿŌbhīdBeth ŌbhīdBeth ‘ŌbhīdBeṯ ŌbhīdBeṯ ‘ŌbhīdURI: http://syriaca.org/place/1050
Bezona
— ܕܝܪܐ ܒܝܙܘܢܐ
(monastery)
Names: BezonaAn unlocated monastery, perhaps near Maypherqaṭ.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1495
Bīrqūm
— ܒܝܪܩܘܡ
(monastery)
Names: BīrqūmMonastery of BirqumĀnah‘ĀnahAn unlocated monastery, perhaps near ʿĀnah.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1502
Birtha
— ܒܝܪܗܓܝܟ
(settlement)
Names: BirthaBirecikBiricikA village on the Euphrates north of Mabbug and south of Samosata.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/50
Black Mountain
— ܛܘܪܐܐܘܟܡܐ
(mountain)
Names: Black MountainThe Black MountainURI: http://syriaca.org/place/317
Black Sea
— ܝܡܐ ܐܘܟܡܐ
(open-water)
Names: Black SeaA large sea north of Anatolia.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/503
Bokhtan (river)
Names: BokhtanA tributary of the Tigris which flows near Siirt.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/237
Bostra — ܒܘܣܛܪܐ
(diocese)
Names: BostraBostraThe diocese associated with the city of BostraURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2636
Bostra
— ܒܘܨܪ
(settlement)
Names: BostraBoṣraBuṣraEski Shām"City in the Ḥawrān, present-day southern Syria, ca. 120 fan. south of Damascus."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/40
Bote
— ܒ̈ܬܐ
(settlement)
Names: BoteBātiṬur AbdinṬur ‘AbdinA village in Ṭur ʿAbdin northeast of Midyat.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/240
British Library (building)
Names: British LibraryThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, located in London. In the field of Syriac Studies, the collection of the British Library is noted for its large quantity of Syriac manuscripts, the majority of which were acquired in the 19th century from the monastery of Dayr al-Suryān in Egypt. Prior to 1973, the British Library was a part of the British Museum and thus the Syriac manuscripts today held by the British Library are often identified as belonging to the British Museum in earlier citations.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/702
ʿBubnat — ܥܒܘܒܢܬ
(settlement)
Names: ʿBubnatʿbwbntA village in IngileneURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2866
Byblos (settlement)
Names: ByblosJubailJbeilGibletA port city between Beirut and Tripolis.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/52
Byzantium — ܒܘܙܢܛܝܐ
(region)
Names: ByzantiumThe region around the city of ConstantinopleURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2759