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Tower of the Persians - ܦܘܪܟܣܐ ܪܒܐ ܕܡܬܩܪܐ ܕܦܪ̈ܣܝܐ

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A tower in the city of Edessa.

Names

  • ܦܘܪܟܣܐ ܪܒܐ ܕܡܬܩܪܐ ܕܦܪ̈ܣܝܐ1
  • Tower of the Persians3
  • the great tower which was called that of the Persians2

Place Type

building

Descriptions

“The 'tower of the Persians', from which Abgar examined the floods for the second time, must have been near the palace or even inside the palace. Possibly it was on the site of the tower that still stands, south of Birket Ibrahim.” 3
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Ignazio Guidi (ed.), Chronica Minora I, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, vol. 3-4 (Paris: Typographeo Reipublicae, 1902), p: 1.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 2 Benjamin Harris Cowper, "Selections from the Syriac. No. 1: The Chronicle of Edessa." Journal of Sacred Literature and Biblical Record n.s. 5.9 (1864), p: 30.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 3 J. B. Segal, Edessa, 'the Blessed City' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1970), p: 26.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.

How to Cite This Entry

Daniel L. Schwartz, “ Tower of the Persians — ܦܘܪܟܣܐ ܕܡܬܩܪܐ ܕܦܪ̈ܣܝܐ ” last modified August 8, 2018, http://syriaca.org/place/2582.

Bibliography:

Daniel L. Schwartz, “ Tower of the Persians — ܦܘܪܟܣܐ ܕܡܬܩܪܐ ܕܦܪ̈ܣܝܐ .”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2018. Entry published August 8, 2018. http://syriaca.org/place/2582.

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