Lake Urmia — ܝܡܬܐ ܕܐܘܪܡܝܐ

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A lake in northern Iran west of Tabriz and southeast of Lake Van.

Names

  • ܝܡܬܐ ܕܐܘܪܡܝܐ
  • ܝܰܡܬܳܐ ܕܐܘܪܡܺܝܐ2
  • أرومية
  • بُحَيْرة ارمية5
  • بحيرة اورمية3
  • بحيرة كبوذان6
  • رضائية
  • Buḥaira Kabūdhān
  • Lake Urmiya4
  • Lake Urmia1
  • Riḍāʾīya

Place Type

open-water

Descriptions

ثم تلوتها بصورة أذربيجان وشكلت ما فيها من الجبال والطرق والانهار العذبة كاكرس والكر الى ان رسمت بحيرة خلاط وبحيرة كبوذان وكلاهما لا يتصل ببحر طبرستان وجبل القبق مطل عليه6

Attestation

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

بُحَيْرة ارمية5 5
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Works Cited

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  • 1 The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, map: Map I C1, II C1, IV.
  • 2 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, pp: 561.
  • 3 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, pp: 519.
  • 4 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, pp: 556.
  • 5 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: I, pp: 417.
  • 6 Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad Ibn Ḥawqal, Kitāb al-masālik wa al-mamālik, pp: 8.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Lake Urmia — ܝܡܬܐ ܕܐܘܪܡܝܐ ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/116.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Lake Urmia — ܝܡܬܐ ܕܐܘܪܡܝܐ .” 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/116.

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Entry Title: Lake Urmia — ܝܡܬܐ ܕܐܘܪܡܝܐ

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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, “Lake Urmia — ܝܡܬܐ ܕܐܘܪܡܝܐ

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  • 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
  • Ibn Ḥawqal data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Ibn Ḥawqal data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
  • Data merging and XML by William L. Potter
  • Data merging and XML by David A. Michelson
  • Initial Barsoum entry creation by David A. Michelson
  • Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson

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