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Mosul — ܡܘܨܠ

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“City in the north of Iraq, on the west bank of the Tigris opposite the ruins of ancient Nineveh.” 1

Names

  • ܡܘܨܠ3
  • الموصل4, 9, 11, 12
  • المَوصِل8
  • al-Mauṣil
  • al-Mausil
  • al-Mauşil
  • al-Mawsil
  • al-Mawṣil
  • al-Mawşil
  • Ardashir1
  • Bu-Ardashir1
  • el-Mausil
  • Mespila
  • Mossul
  • Mosul2, 5, 6, 7
  • Mūṣul
  • Muṣul
  • Musul
  • Nu-Ardashir1

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates (alternate):
    • Lat. 36.335572° Long. 43.13713°13
  • Coordinates (preferred):
    • Lat. 36.366667° Long. 43.116667°2

Descriptions

“ثم رحلنا من الموصل ونزلنا قرية تعرف بعين الرّصد وهي على نهر عليه جسر مبنيّ، وبها خان كبير. ثم رحلنا ونزلنا قرية تعرف بالمويلحة” 14
“ومن تكريت الى الموصل 6 ايام ومن الموصل الى آمد 14 يوما” 10

Attestations

Attestation of name الموصل in the Kitāb al-buldān of Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb al-Yaʿqūbī.

الموصل4, 9, 11, 12 9

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

المَوصِل8 8
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Works Cited

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  • 1 A. Harrak, "380. Mosul," The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, pp: 294-296.
  • 2 The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, pp: 2, 7, 9, 11, 17, 18, 28, 30, 39–41 (with fig. 14), 45, 47, 49, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 62, 63, 65, 66, 69, 83, 92, 100, 116, 125, 131 (with fig. 44), 139, 141, 143, 165–166 (with fig. 51), 170, 171, 176, 178, 185, 186–187, 194, 208, 213, 215, 216, 217, 242, 249, 262, 264, 272 (fig. 70), 280, 290, 292, 294–296 (with fig. 82, 83, 84), 300, 303, 308–309, 318, 338, 339 (fig. 100), 343, 346, 347, 350, 351–352, 354, 355, 362, 363, 365–366 (with fig. 109), 372, 378, 385, 389, 395, 396, 398, 417, 426, 430, 436, 441, 442, 443, map: Map II C1, IV.
  • 3 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, pp: 559.
  • 4 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, pp: 517.
  • 5 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, pp: 551.
  • 6 The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity, entry: Mosul.
  • 7 David Wilmshurst, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913, pp: 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 14, 17, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 33, 35, 36, 38, 39, 47, 49, 53, 64, 66, 70, 78, 80, 89, 109, 112, 121, 122, 136, 140, 147, 160, 166, 172, 173, 176, 180, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192-199, 200, 201, 204, 205-216 , 217 , 219 , 220, 222, 223 , 224, 231, 231, 232, 234, 236, 241, 242, 254, 257, 259, 263, 264, 265, 267, 269, 271, 283, 288, 289, 313, 316, 318, 320, 321, 345, 348, 349, 350, 352, 355, 357, 358, 359, 363.
  • 8 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: V, pp: 258.
  • 9 Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb al-Yaʿqūbī, Kitāb al-buldān, pp: 237.
  • 10 Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad Ibn Ḥawqal, Kitāb al-masālik wa al-mamālik, pp: 139.
  • 11 Ibn Jubayr, Riḥlat Ibn Jubayr, pp: 19, 125, 126, 182, 230, 233-238, 245, 247.
  • 12 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 184, 240, 242, 243, 244, 245, 248, 396.
  • 13 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874609," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places
  • 14 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 245.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Mosul — ܡܘܨܠ ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/139.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Mosul — ܡܘܨܠ .” 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/139.

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Entry Title: Mosul — ܡܘܨܠ

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, “Mosul — ܡܘܨܠ ”

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
  • Yaʿqūbī data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Yaʿqūbī data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
  • Data merging and XML by William L. Potter
  • Data merging and XML by David A. Michelson
  • Ibn Battuta data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Ibn Battuta data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
  • Ibn Jubayr data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Ibn Jubayr data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
  • Ibn Ḥawqal data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Ibn Ḥawqal data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
  • Initial Barsoum entry creation by David A. Michelson
  • Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
  • Wilmshurst index information entry by Anthony Davis
  • al-Ya`qubi data correction and integration by Thomas A. Carlson

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