Thomas A. Carlson and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Ḥirta — ܚܐܪܬܐ " in last modified June 30, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/219
    
        
            
                
                    Ḥirta
                    al-Ḥira
                    ܚܐܪܬܐ
                    الحيرة
                    Ḥīra
                    Hira
                    Ḥirtā
                    الحِيْرة
                    
                        Ancient city near the Euphrates to the southeast of present-day al-Najaf.
                    
                    
                        262. Ḥirta
                    
                    
                        ܡܕܺܝܢܬܳܐ ܗܝ ܥܰܬܝܩܬܳܐ ܕܪܰܚܝܼܩܐ ܗܘܳܬ ܡܢ ܟܽܘܦܰܗ ܬܠܳܬܐ ܡܝ̣̈ܠܐ ܠܡܰܕܢܚܳܐ ܕܢܰܓܦ.
                    
                    
                        مدينة قديمة دائرة كانت على ثلاثة اميال من الكوفة شرقي النجف
                    
                    
                        an ancient city, three miles from Kufa and east of al-Najaf.
                    
                    
                        31.88332 44.44985
                    
                    
                        Attestation of name الحِيْرة in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
                        
                    
          
                        
                        
                    
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                    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Hirah
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                        H. Takahashi
                        262. Ḥirta
                        The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage
                        
                        198-199
                    
                    
                        The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage
                        
                        8, 50, 70, 195, 198–199, 205, 210, 222, 302, 346, 355, 376, 392, 431, 439
                        Map I C3, II C3
                    
                    
                        ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ
                        
                        539
                    
                    
                        كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية
                        
                        507
                    
                    
                        The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences
                        
                        554
                    
                    
                        The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity
                        
                        Hira
                    
                    
                        David Wilmshurst
                        The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913
                        217
                        
                    
                    
                        Muʿjam al-buldān
                        Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī
                        
                        II:376