Kallinikos — ܩܐܠܘܢܝܩܝ
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Names
Place Type
settlement
Location
Descriptions
“ܡܕܝܢܬܳܐ ܗܘܳܬ ܪܰܒܬܳܐ ܒܩܘܪܒܳܐ ܕܰܦܪܳܬ ܘܡܶܬܰܐܡܪ ܠܗ̇
ܪܰܩܰܗ̈ ܘܝܰܘܡܳܢܐ ܗܘܳܬ ܡܕܝܢܬܳܘܢܺܝܬܳܐ ܕܕܳܡܝܳܐ ܠܰܩܪܺܝܬܳܐ.” 2
“ثم يمتد الفرات على ديار العرب حتى ينتهي الى الرقة
وقرقيسيا والرحبة والدالية وعانة والحديثة وهيت والانبارالى الكوفة” 8
“وهي قالونيقس القديمة مدينة عظيمة واقعة بقرب الفرات
واليوم امست بليدة اشبه بالقرية.” 3
“The ancient Callinicus, it was a big city near the
Euphrates. Today it is a small town, more nearly a village.” 4
Attestations
Notes
In Dolabani's translation of Barsoum's description
“ܘܡܶܬܰܐܡܪ” should read “ܘܡܶܬܶܐܡܪ” .
See Also
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Any information without attribution has been created following the Syriaca.org editorial guidelines.
- 1 The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, pp: 39, 127, 142, 178, 210, 273, 323, 332, 347, 401, 447, map: Map I B2, II B2.
- 2 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, pp: 556.
- 3 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, pp: 516.
- 4 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, pp: 557.
- 5 The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity, entry: Callinicum.
- 6 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: III, pp: 67.
- 7 Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb al-Yaʿqūbī, Kitāb al-buldān, pp: 237.
- 8 Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad Ibn Ḥawqal, Kitāb al-masālik wa al-mamālik, pp: 17.
- 9 Ibn Jubayr, Riḥlat Ibn Jubayr, pp: 248.
- 10 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668318," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places
How to Cite This Entry
Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Kallinikos — ܩܐܠܘܢܝܩܝ
” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/109.
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Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Kallinikos — ܩܐܠܘܢܝܩܝ .” In The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, edited by Haya Al Thani, Saif al-Murikhi, Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn, Abdul Rahman Chamseddine and Mario Kozah. Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute, 2020. Entry published January 10, 2020. https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/109.About this Entry
Entry Title: Kallinikos — ܩܐܠܘܢܝܩܝ
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- Haya Al Thani, general editor, Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute
- Haya Al Thani, Saif al-Murikhi, Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn, Abdul Rahman Chamseddine, and Mario Kozah, editors, The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer
- Thomas A. Carlson, David A. Michelson, and Tobias Scheunchen, entry contributors, “Kallinikos — ܩܐܠܘܢܝܩܝ ”
Additional Credit:
- Research on coordinates by Tobias Scheunchen
- Data correction and integration from Ibn Battuta, al-Bakri, al-Tabari, Nasir Khusraw, Ibn Jubayr, Isho’yahb III, Al-Muqaddasī, Ibn Ḥawqal, Al-Masūdī, Yāqūt b. ʿAbdallāh al-Ḥamawī by Tobias Scheunchen
- Yaʿqūbī data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
- Yaʿqūbī data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
- Data merging and XML by William L. Potter
- Data merging and XML by David A. Michelson
- Ibn Jubayr data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
- Ibn Jubayr data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
- Ibn Ḥawqal data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
- Ibn Ḥawqal data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
- Initial Barsoum entry creation by David A. Michelson
- Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
- Syriac description entry by Robert Aydin
- Arabic description entry by Dayroyo Roger-Youssef Akhrass
- al-Ya`qubi data correction and integration by Thomas A. Carlson