Thomas A. Carlson (ed.), "Izmīd — ܐܙܡܝܕ " in last modified January 14, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/502 Izmīd ܐܙܡܝܕ ܐܰܙܡܝܪ ازميد Ismit Nicomedia Ancient Nicomedia, a city in northwestern Anatolia. 40.76445 29.923486 Dolabani or his printer mistook the Arabic or Syriac 'd' for an 'r'. http://syriaca.org/place/502 http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/511337 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/İzmit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicomedia http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=N&sK=Nicomedia&sT=keywords ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 561 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية 519 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences 555 The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity Nicomedia http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/511337