Melitene — ܡܝܠܝܛܝܢܝ
https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/136
“City in eastern Anatolia, located near the right
bank of the Euphrates and to the north of the main range of the Eastern
Taurus.” 1
Place Type
settlement
Location
Descriptions
“ܡܕܝܢܬܳܐ ܗܝ ܪܰܒܬܳܐ ܘܰܛܒܝܒܳܐ ܗܘܳܬ ܕܕܘܟܬܳܗ̇ ܩܰܪܝܒܳܐ
ܗܝ ܠܢܰܗܪܳܐ ܕܰܦܪܳܬ ܥܰܠ ܣܶܦܬܗ ܕܝܰܡܝܢܳܐ. ܡܶܢ ܐܶܡܗ̈ܬܳܐ ܕܰܡܕܝܢ̈ܬܳܐ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܶܐ
ܐܝܬ ܗܘܳܐ ܠܗܘܢ ܒܳܗ̇ ܫܶܬ ܘܚܰܡܫܝܢ ܥܕ̈ܬܳܐ 1049 ܘܡܳܬܳܐ ܗܝ ܕܰܓܒܰܝ̈ܐ ܕܪ̈ܝܫܳܢܐ
ܕܝܰܕܘܥ̈ܬܳܢܰܝܗܘܢ ” 3
“مدينة في ولاية معمورة العزيز كانت مشهورة عظيمة
مذكورة واقعة قريبا من نهر الفرات على الضفة اليمنى منه، من امهات مدن
السريان كان لهم فيها ست وخمسون بيعة سنة 1049 م. وهي موطن نخبة من اقطاب
علمائهم وائمتهم امست اليوم بليدة.” 4
“ومن سميساط الى ملطية 3 ايام” 8
“a city in the province of Maʿmurat al-ʿAzīz, near
the Euphrates. In the past it was large and famous. It was one of the
largest centers of the Syrians, who in 1049 had fifty-six churches
there. It was also the birthplace of a number of Syrian learned men.
Today it is a small town. (See the biography of Christodolus by Michael,
Coptic bishop of Tinnis [d. 1069], in Assemani’s "Confession of the
Fathers," Bibliotheca Orientalis, 2: 145-152, and in the Coptic
Patriarchal Library).” 5
View in Pleiades
View in Google Maps
"Malatya" in WikipediaWorks Cited
Any information without attribution has been created following the Syriaca.org editorial guidelines.
- 1 H. Takahashi, "367. Melitene," The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, pp: 283-284.
- 2 The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, pp: 11, 18, 54–55, 59, 60, 66, 126, 168, 178, 283–284, 287, 290, 380, 406, 418, 443, map: Map I B1, II B1, III.
- 3 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, pp: 562.
- 4 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, pp: 520.
- 5 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, pp: 556.
- 6 David Wilmshurst, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913, pp: 62-63, 65.
- 7 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: V, pp: 223.
- 8 Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad Ibn Ḥawqal, Kitāb al-masālik wa al-mamālik, pp: 139.
- 9 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/629040," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places
How to Cite This Entry
Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Melitene — ܡܝܠܝܛܝܢܝ
” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/136.
Show full citation information...
Bibliography:
Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Melitene — ܡܝܠܝܛܝܢܝ .” 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/136.About this Entry
Entry Title: Melitene — ܡܝܠܝܛܝܢܝ
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, David A. Michelson, and Tobias Scheunchen, entry contributors, “Melitene — ܡܝܠܝܛܝܢܝ ”
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
- 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
- Syriac description entry by Robert Aydin
- Arabic description entry by Dayroyo Roger-Youssef Akhrass
- Wilmshurst index information entry by Anthony Davis