Thomas A. Carlson and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Ḥesno d-Kifo — ܚܣܢܐ ܕܟܐܦܐ " in last modified June 30, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/92
    
        
            
                
                    Ḥesno d-Kifo
                    Hasankeyf
                    Ḥesn Kifo
                    ܚܣܢܐ ܕܟܐܦܐ
                    ܚܰܣܢ ܟܺܐܦܐ
                    حصن كيفا
                    Ḥiṣn Kifa
                    Ḥesnā d'Kīfā
                    Ḥiṣn Kayf
                    A city on the Tigris river between Amida and Gazarta.
                    
                        ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܘܩܶܠܥܳܐ ܪܰܒܬܳܐ ܕܚܳܝܪܐ ܠܕܶܩܠܰܬ ܒܶܝܬ ܐܳܡܝܺܕ ܠܰܓܙܺܝܪܳܬܐ ܕܒܰܪ ܥܽܘܡܰܪ. ܗܘܳܬ ܒܰܙܒܰܢ ܐܶܡܳܐ ܕܰܡܕܝܢ̈ܬܳܐ ܠܚܰܕ ܦܶܪܥܐ ܕܡܰܠܟܘܬܳܐ ܐܰܝܘܒܳܝܬܐ ܥܕܰܡܳܐ ܠܪܺܝܫ ܡܰܐܬܳܐ ܥܣܝܪܳܝܬܳܐ. ܘܝܰܘܡܳܢ ܐܝܬܶܝܗ̇ ܩܪܺܝܬܳܐ.
                    
                    
                        بلدة وقلعة عظيمة مشرفة على دجلة بين آمد وجزيرة ابن عمر كانت عاصمة فرع من الدولة الايوبية حتى صدر المئة السادسة عشرة وهي اليوم قرية
                    
                    
                        a town and a great citadel overlooking the Tigris, between Amid and Jazirat Ibn ʿUmar. Once the capital of a branch of the Ayyubid state until the beginning of the sixteenth century, it is now a small village.
                    
                    
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                        Attestation of name حصن كيفا in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
                        
                    
          
                        
                        
                    
                    In Dolabani's translation of Barsoum's description ܠܓܙܺܝܪܳܬܐ should read ܠܓܳܙܰܪܬܳܐ.
                    http://syriaca.org/place/92
                    http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874664
                    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasankeyf
                    http://dbpedia.org/resource/Hasankeyf
                    
                        The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage
                        
                        35, 183–184, 279–280, 291, 335, 357, 382, 419
                        Map II C1, III, IV
                    
                    
                        ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ
                        
                        539
                    
                    
                        كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية
                        
                        507
                    
                    
                        The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences
                        
                        554
                    
                    
                        David Wilmshurst
                        The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913
                        38, 56, 70, 77, 82, 91, 179, 348, 355
                        
                    
                    
                        Muʿjam al-buldān
                        Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī
                        
                        II:305