Thomas A. Carlson and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Kharshana — ܟܪܫܢܐ " in last modified June 30, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/333
    
        
            
                
                    Kharshana
                    ܟܪܫܢܐ
                    ܒܪܫܢܐ
                    خرشنة
                    خَرْشنة
                    
                    
                        ܡܕܺܝܢܬܘܽܢܳܝܬܐ ܒܩܘܽܪܒܐ ܕܡܺܝܠܝܛܝܢܝ.
                    
                    
                        بلدة قرب ملطية
                    
                    
                        a town near Melitene.
                    
                    
                        Attestation of name خَرْشنة in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
                        
                    
          
                        
                        
                    
                    Dolabani's printer misread his kaph as a beth.
          http://syriaca.org/place/333
                    
                        ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ
                        
                        540
                    
                    
                        كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية
                        
                        507
                    
                    
                        The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences
                        
                        555
                    
                    
                        Muʿjam al-buldān
                        Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī
                        
                        II:410