Qalʿa Rumayta — ܩܠܥܐ ܪܘܡܝܬܐ
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Qalʿa Rumayta; Hṙomklay; ܩܠܥܐ ܪܘܡܝܬܐ; ܩܶܠܥܳܐ ܪܘܡܳܝܬܐ; قلعة الروم; Qalʿat al-Rum; Qala Rumayta; Qal‘a Rumayta; Qalat al-Rum; Qal‘at al-Rum; Aintab; ‘Aintab
A city on the Euphrates west of Edessa and northeast of ʿAintab.
ܩܶܠܥܳܐ ܚܰܣܝܢܬܳܐ ܘܰܐܬܪܐ ܕܰܠܡܰܥܪܰܒ ܦܪܳܬ ܠܘܩܒܰܠ ܒܝܪܬܐ ܠܩܘܪܒܳܐ ܕܰܩܪܝܬܐ ܟ̣ܠܦܬܝ. ܘܡܶܫܬܰܡܗܐ ܗܘܳܬ ܩܶܠܥܳܐ ܕܙܘܓܡܐ. ܘܚܰܪܝܒܐ
قلعة حصينة وبلد غربي الفرات مقابل البيرة بالقرب من قرية خلفتي وكان اسم القلعة زوغما، خربة.
an ancient fortified citadel and town west of the Euphrates, opposite al-Bīra. The name of the citadel was Zughma.
location: 37.270778 37.837917
event: 1224/1228
Attestation of name قلعة الروم in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
state: 1203–1293
Barsoum's description erroneously identifies this place with Zeugma.
Not the same place as Halfeti.
identifier: http://syriaca.org/place/97
identifier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumkale
identifier: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Rumkale
The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 35 Map II B1
ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 558-559
كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية 518
The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences 557
Muʿjam al-buldān Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī IV:443