Thomas A. Carlson and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Claudia — ܩܠܘܕܝܐ " in last modified June 30, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/63
    
        
            
                
                    Claudia
                    Qlaudia
                    ܩܠܘܕܝܐ
                    ܩܠܰܘܕܺܝܰܐ
                    قلوذية
                    A city southeast of Melitene.
                    
                        ܚܶܣܢܳܐ ܕܩܰܪܝܒ ܗܘܐ ܠܡܺܝܠܝܛܝܢܝ ܐܶܣܬܚܦ ܘܰܗܦܰܟ ܒܢܳܝܗܝ ܚܰܣܢ ܒܰܪ ܩܚܛܒܗ ܫܢܰܬ 141 ܗܳܓܳܪܳܝܬܐ. ܘܫܰܚܠܦܗ ܠܰܐܬܪܐ ܒܰܫܡܗ. ܘܰܚܪܒ ܒܳܬܰܪ ܕܳܪܐ ܬܠܳܬܰܥܣܝܪܳܝܐ. 
                    
                    
                        حصن كان بقرب ملطية هدم فاعاد بناءه الحسن بن قحطبة سنة 141 هـ وحوله بلدة باسمه خربت بعد القرن الثالث عشر.
                    
                    
                        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.
                    
                    
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                        Attestation of name قلوذية in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
                        
                    
          
                        
                        
                    
                    http://syriaca.org/place/63
                    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qlaudia_(West_Syrian_Diocese)
                    
                        The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage
                        
                        178, 408
                        Map II B1
                    
                    
                        ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ
                        
                        559-560
                    
                    
                        كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية
                        
                        518
                    
                    
                        The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences
                        
                        552
                    
                    
                        Muʿjam al-buldān
                        Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī
                        
                        IV:445