Kallinikos — ܩܐܠܘܢܝܩܝ
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Kallinikos; Raqqaʿ; al-Raqqaʿ; Callinicum; ܩܐܠܘܢܝܩܝ; ܩܰܐܠܘܢܝܩܝ; ܪܰܩܰܗ̈; الرقة; قالونيقس; al-Raqqa; Callinicus; الرَقَّة; Raqqa; Raqqa‘; al-Raqqa; al-Raqqa‘
A city on the Euphrates where the Daiṣan enters it.
ܡܕܝܢܬܳܐ ܗܘܳܬ ܪܰܒܬܳܐ ܒܩܘܪܒܳܐ ܕܰܦܪܳܬ ܘܡܶܬܰܐܡܪ ܠܗ̇ ܪܰܩܰܗ̈ ܘܝܰܘܡܳܢܐ ܗܘܳܬ ܡܕܝܢܬܳܘܢܺܝܬܳܐ ܕܕܳܡܝܳܐ ܠܰܩܪܺܝܬܳܐ.
وهي قالونيقس القديمة مدينة عظيمة واقعة بقرب الفرات واليوم امست بليدة اشبه بالقرية.
The ancient Callinicus, it was a big city near the Euphrates. Today it is a small town, more nearly a village.
ثم يمتد الفرات على ديار العرب حتى ينتهي الى الرقة وقرقيسيا والرحبة والدالية وعانة والحديثة وهيت والانبارالى الكوفة
location: 35.972501 39.08287
location: 35.95 39.016667
event: 1224/1228
Attestation of name الرَقَّة in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
event: 0891
Attestation of name الرقة in the Kitāb al-buldān of Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb al-Yaʿqūbī.
state: 0581–2013
In Dolabani's translation of Barsoum's description ܘܡܶܬܰܐܡܪ should read ܘܡܶܬܶܐܡܪ.
identifier: https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/109
identifier: http://syriaca.org/place/109
identifier: http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668318
identifier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Raqqah
identifier: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Al-Raqqah
identifier: http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=C&sK=Callinicum&sT=keywords
The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 39, 127, 142, 178, 210, 273, 323, 332, 347, 401, 447 Map I B2, II B2
ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 556
كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية 516
The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences 557
The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity Callinicum
Muʿjam al-buldān Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī III 67
Kitāb al-buldān Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb al-Yaʿqūbī 237
Kitāb al-masālik wa al-mamālik Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad Ibn Ḥawqal 17
Riḥlat Ibn Jubayr Ibn Jubayr M.J. de Goeje 248
http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668318 Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places Roger Bagnall Richard Talbert Tom Elliott Lindsay Holman et al.