Kashkar

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[A] city in central ʿIrāḳ during the mediaeval period, the existence of which is attested from the later years of the 1st century/closing years of the 7th century or opening years of the 8th century, until the beginning of the 12th century/turn of the 17th-18th centuries [...].5

Names

  • كَسْكر4
  • Kashkar1, 2, 3

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 32.5° Long. 46.5°6

Descriptions

An ancient town in southern Iraq.

Attestation

Attestation of name كَسْكر in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.

كَسْكر4 4

Notes

Not the same conceptual place as al-Wāsiṭ.
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Works Cited

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  • 1 The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, pp: 1, 8, 50, 70, 162, 195, 212, 405, map: Map I D3, II D3.
  • 2 The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity, entry: Kashkar.
  • 3 David Wilmshurst, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913, pp: 193, 217.
  • 4 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: IV, pp: 523.
  • 5 P. Bearman (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition
  • 6 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912880," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, “Kashkar” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/111.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson, “Kashkar.” 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/111.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Kashkar

Authorial and Editorial Responsibility:

  • 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, entry contributor, “Kashkar

Additional Credit:

  • Additional research from Encyclopedia of Islam and the Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 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
  • Data merging and XML by William L. Potter
  • Data merging and XML by David A. Michelson
  • Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
  • Wilmshurst index information entry by Anthony Davis

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