Claudia - ܩܠܘܕܝܐ
A city southeast of Melitene.
Place Type
settlement
Location
- Coordinates
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- Lat. 38.1666666° Long. 38.6666666°1
Descriptions
“ܚܶܣܢܳܐ ܕܩܰܪܝܒ ܗܘܐ ܠܡܺܝܠܝܛܝܢܝ ܐܶܣܬܚܦ ܘܰܗܦܰܟ ܒܢܳܝܗܝ ܚܰܣܢ ܒܰܪ ܩܚܛܒܗ ܫܢܰܬ 141 ܗܳܓܳܪܳܝܬܐ. ܘܫܰܚܠܦܗ ܠܰܐܬܪܐ ܒܰܫܡܗ. ܘܰܚܪܒ ܒܳܬܰܪ ܕܳܪܐ ܬܠܳܬܰܥܣܝܪܳܝܐ. ”2
“حصن كان بقرب ملطية هدم فاعاد بناءه الحسن بن قحطبة سنة 141 هـ وحوله بلدة باسمه خربت بعد القرن الثالث عشر.”3
“a citadel near Melitene, destroyed and rebuilt by al-Ḥasan Ibn Quḥṭuba in 141 A.H. Around the citadel was built a town bearing the same name, but it was laid to ruin after the thirteenth century.”4
A city southeast of Melitene.
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- 1 Sebastian P. Brock et al., Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 178, 408, map: Map II B1.
- 2 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and ܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܒܪܨܘܡ, ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, ܚܬܳܡܳܐ ܬܪܰܝܳܢܳܐ2nd ed. (Holland: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991)., p: 559-560.
- 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and اغناطيوس افرام الاول برصوم, كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, الطبعة الرابعة4th ed. (Holland: مطبعة ابن العبري بدير مار افرام السريانيBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987)., p: 518.
- 4 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003)., p: 552.
- 5 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī and ياقوت الحموي, معجم البلدان (Beirut: دار الكتب العلميةDār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990)., p: IV:445.
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— ܩܠܘܕܝܐ
” last modified June 30, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/63.
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Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Claudia — ܩܠܘܕܝܐ .”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2014. Entry published June 30, 2014. http://syriaca.org/place/63.About this Entry
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Additional Credit:
- 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
- Arabic description entry by Dayroyo Roger-Youssef Akhrass
- Syriac description entry by Robert Aydin
- Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
- Initial Barsoum entry creation by David A. Michelson