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“German excavations (1904–7), conducted near Bulayıq, north of Turfan, brought to light numerous fragmentary mss. evidently from the library of an E.-Syr. monastery.”1

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Place Type

settlement

Location

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    • Lat. 42.9345347000° Long. 89.2032230000°4

Descriptions

“566. Turfan, Syriac texts from”1
“German excavations (1904–7), conducted near Bulayıq, north of Turfan, brought to light numerous fragmentary mss. evidently from the library of an E.-Syr. monastery.”1
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  • 1 S. P. Brock, "Turfan, Syriac texts from." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 420-421.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Sebastian P. Brock et al., Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 123, 382, 420–421.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013)., entry: Turfan.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Ian Mladjov, "Diachronic Maps of Syriac Cultures and Their Geographic Contexts." in Daniel King and David A. Michelson (eds.), The Syriac World (London-New York: Routledge, 2018)., map: 10, 11.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 5 William L. Potter and David A. Michelson, "Index of Maps." in Daniel King (ed.), The Syriac World (London-New York: Routledge, 2018)., p: 833.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 6 p: 625-652., p: 625-652.
  • 7 p: 583-624., p: 583-624.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Turfan” last modified July 11, 2025, http://syriaca.org/place/478.

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Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Turfan.”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2025. Entry published July 11, 2025. http://syriaca.org/place/478.

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Entry Title: Turfan

Additional Credit:

  • Data merging for Syriac World maps data by William L. Potter
  • Syriac World maps edited by David A. Michelson
  • Syriac World maps data revised by William L. Potter
  • Syriac World maps cartography by Ian Mladjov
  • Connection to the Syriac World identified by Hidemi Takahashi
  • Connection to the Syriac World identified by Mark Dickens
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by Daniel L. Schwartz
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by William L. Potter
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by David A. Michelson
  • Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson

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