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Ctesiphon - ܩܛܝܣܦܘܢ

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Names

  • ܩܛܝܣܦܘܢ
  • Ctesiphon2, 5, 11, 12
  • ܡܕܝܢܬ ܡܠܟܘܬܐ9
  • ܩܰܛܝܣܦܘܢ3
  • طَيْسفون7
  • قسطفون4

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates (preferred):
    • Lat. 33.09361° Long. 44.58056°2
  • Coordinates (alternate):
    • Lat. 33.094703° Long. 44.5812226667°10
  • Coordinates (alternate):
    • Lat. 33.0937168000° Long. 44.5806956000°11

Attestation

Attestation of name طَيْسفون in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. طَيْسفون7 7
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Works Cited

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  • 1 M. C. Cassis,Seleucia-Ctesiphon,inThe Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, ed. Sebastian P. Brock et al. (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 365.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Sebastian P. Brock et al.,Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 1, 5, 11, 12, 21, 24, 27, 50, 53, 57, 70, 72, 73, 110, 164, 171, 183, 212, 215, 217, 218, 221, 244, 258, 268, 271, 273, 320, 346, 365, 373, 376, 415, 429, map: Map I C2, II C2.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and ܕܒܝܬ ܒܪܨܘܡܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܩܕܡܝܐ, ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani and ܕܘܠܒܐܢܝܦܝܠܠܘܟܣܝܢܘܣ ܝܘܚܢܢ, ܚܬܳܡܳܐ ܬܪܰܝܳܢܳܐ2nd ed. (Holland: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), p: 556.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 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: 516.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum,The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003), p: 558.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero 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: Seleucia-Ctesiphon.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 7 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī and ياقوت الحموي,معجم البلدان (Beirut: دار الكتب العلميةDār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990), p: IV:63.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 8 Oliver Nicholson,The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018), p: 436.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, 2 vols., CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935), p: 174; 302, chapter: 3.3.40; 3.6.10.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, JSON (https://zenodo.org/records/14828116: Zenodo, n.d.), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1193921, entry: https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893976.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,inThe Syriac World, ed. Daniel King and David A. Michelson (London-New York: Routledge, 2018), xxvii–xxxiii, map 1–14, map: 1, 8, 9.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,inThe Syriac World, ed. Daniel King (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
  • 13 p: 88-104., p: 88-104.
  • 14 p: 189-201., p: 189-201.
  • 15 p: 205-221., p: 205-221.
  • 16 p: 583-624., p: 583-624.
  • 17 p: 770-782., p: 770-782.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Ctesiphon — ܩܛܝܣܦܘܢ ” last modified July 11, 2025, http://syriaca.org/place/58.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Ctesiphon — ܩܛܝܣܦܘܢ .”, 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/58.

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Entry Title: Ctesiphon — ܩܛܝܣܦܘܢ

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
  • Connection to the Syriac World identified by Florence Jullien
  • Connection to the Syriac World identified by David Wilmshurst
  • Connection to the Syriac World identified by Holger Gzella
  • Connection to the Syriac World identified by Mark Dickens
  • Connection to the Syriac World identified by Nathanael Andrade
  • 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
  • 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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