Balad — ܒܠܕ
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Balad; Aski Mosul; Balaṭ; Eski Mosul; ܒܠܕ; ܒܳܠܳܕ; بَلد; اسكي موصل; بَلَد; بلط
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.
70. Balad
ܡܕܝܢܬܳܐ ܥܰܬܝܩܬܳܐ ܕܥܠ ܕܶܩܠܰܬ ܠܡܰܥܪܒܐ ܠܥܶܠ ܡܶܢ ܡܰܘܨܠ ܕܐܺܝܬ ܒܰܝܢܳܬܗܝܢ ܫܰܒܥܐ ܦܪ̈ܣܚܝܢ ܚܰܪܝ̣ܒܐ.
مدينة قديمة على دجلة من غربيها فوق الموصل بينهما سبع فراسخ، خربت في المئة الرابعة عشرة ويقال لاطلالها اسكي موصل
an ancient town above Mosul on the western bank of the Tigris, ruined in the fourteenth century. It is now called Eski Mosul.
location: 36.514152 42.726566
event: 1224/1228
Attestation of names بَلَد and بلط in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
state: 0559–1318
identifier: http://syriaca.org/place/42
identifier: http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874379
identifier: http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=B&sK=Balad&sT=keywords
A. Harrak 70. Balad The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 52-53
The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 9, 13, 52–53, 71, 218, 273, 300, 370 Map I C1, II C1, IV
ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 537
كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية 505
The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences 552
The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity Balad
David Wilmshurst The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913 44, 49
http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874379
Muʿjam al-buldān Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī I:570