Mediterranean Sea — ܝܡܐ ܡܨܥܝܐ

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The large sea which divides Europe from Africa and whose eastern waters reach Anatolia, Syria, and Egypt.

Names

  • ܝܡܐ ܡܨܥܝܐ
  • ܝܰܡܳܐ ܡܶܨܥܳܝܐ2
  • بحر الروم3
  • بحر الروم وافربقبا والشأم7
  • بحر المغرب6
  • Mediterranean4
  • Mediterranean Sea1

Place Type

open-water

Location

  • Coordinates (representative):
    • Lat. 35.0000035° Long. 19.9999957°5

Attestations

Attestation of name بحر الروم وافربقبا والشأم in the Kitāb al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa of Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn Rustah.

بحر الروم وافربقبا والشأم7 7

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

بحر المغرب6 6
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Works Cited

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  • 1 The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, map: Map I A2, II A2, V.
  • 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 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/1043," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places
  • 6 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: I, pp: 410.
  • 7 Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn Rustah, Kitāb al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa, pp: 83.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Mediterranean Sea — ܝܡܐ ܡܨܥܝܐ ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/135.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Mediterranean Sea — ܝܡܐ ܡܨܥܝܐ .” 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/135.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Mediterranean Sea — ܝܡܐ ܡܨܥܝܐ

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 and David A. Michelson, entry contributors, “Mediterranean Sea — ܝܡܐ ܡܨܥܝܐ

Additional Credit:

  • Ibn Rusta data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Ibn Rusta 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
  • Ibn Rustah data correction and integration by Thomas A. Carlson

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