Melitene — ܡܝܠܝܛܝܢܝ
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Melitene; Malatya; ܡܝܠܝܛܝܢܝ; ملطية; مَلَطْية; Malaṭya
City in eastern Anatolia, located near the right bank of the Euphrates and to the north of the main range of the Eastern Taurus.
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
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.
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).
ومن سميساط الى ملطية 3 ايام
location: 38.382217 38.361152
location: 38.34767 38.31463
event: 1224/1228
Attestation of name مَلَطْية in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
state: -0712 – 2013
identifier: https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/136
identifier: http://syriaca.org/place/136
identifier: http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/629040
identifier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malatya
identifier: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Malatya
H. Takahashi 367. Melitene The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 283-284
The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 11, 18, 54–55, 59, 60, 66, 126, 168, 178, 283–284, 287, 290, 380, 406, 418, 443 Map I B1, II B1, III
ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 562
كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية 520
The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences 556
David Wilmshurst The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913 62-63, 65
Muʿjam al-buldān Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī V 223
Kitāb al-masālik wa al-mamālik Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad Ibn Ḥawqal 139
http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/629040 Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places Roger Bagnall Richard Talbert Tom Elliott Lindsay Holman et al.