Thomas A. Carlson (ed.), "Syria — ܣܘܪܝܐ " in last modified June 30, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/486
    
        
            
                
                    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.
                    
                        Attestation of name الشَأم in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
                        
                    
          
                        
                        
                    
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                        ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ
                        
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                        كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية
                        
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                        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
                        
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