Thomas A. Carlson and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Balad — ܒܠܕ " in last modified June 30, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/42
    
        
            
                
                    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.
                    
                    
                        36.514152 42.726566
                    
                    
                        Attestation of names بَلَد and بلط in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
                        
                        
                    
          
                        
                        
                    
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                                            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
                        
                    
                    
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                        Muʿjam al-buldān
                        Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī
                        
                        I:570