Syria — ܣܘܪܝܐ
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Syria; ܣܘܪܝܐ; ܣܽܘܪܺܝܰܐ; ارض الشام; الشَأم
A historical region bounded on the north by the Euphrates River and the Taurus Mountains, on the west by the Mediterranean Sea, on the east by the desert, and on the south by Palestine, which during the medieval period was considered the southernmost district of Syria.
event: 1224/1228
Attestation of name الشَأم in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
state: -0200 – 2013
identifier: http://syriaca.org/place/486
identifier: http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/1306
identifier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria
identifier: http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=H&sK=Hellenistic Syria&sT=keywords
identifier: http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=B&sK=Byzantine Syria&sT=keywords
identifier: http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=R&sK=Roman Syria&sT=keywords
ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 228
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 Hellenistic Syria Byzantine Syria Roman Syria
David Wilmshurst The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913 40, 62-65, 66
Muʿjam al-buldān Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī III:353