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Nisibis — ܢܨܝܒܝܢ

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“City in Mesopotamia and important center of early Syriac Christianity.” 1

Names

  • ܢܨܝܒܝܢ3
  • نصيبين4, 9, 10
  • نَصِيبين8
  • Antiochia
  • Nisibin5
  • Nisibis2, 6, 7
  • Nṣibin2
  • Nusaybin2, 5
  • Nuṣaybīn
  • Ṣoba2
  • Ṣōbā7

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates (alternate):
    • Lat. 37.067234° Long. 41.215055°11
  • Coordinates (preferred):
    • Lat. 37.06667° Long. 41.21667°2

Descriptions

“ܡܕܝܢܬܳܐ ܕܥܰܡܝܪܳܐ ܡܶܢ ܐܰܬܪ̈ܘܳܬܳܐ ܕܰܓܙܝܳܪܐ. ܐܝܬ ܒܶܝܬ ܠܳܗ̇ ܠܡܰܘܨܠ ܚܰܡܫܳܐ ܝܰܘܡ̈ܝܢ. ܘܝܰܘܡܳܢܳܐ ܐܺܝܬܶܝܗ̇ ܡܕܝܢܳܬܘܢܝܬܳܐ ܘܐܝܬ ܬܽܘܒ ܢܨܝܒܝܢ ܩܪܝܬܳܐ ܕܥܰܠ ܣܶܦܰܬ ܦܪܳܬ ܠܡܰܥܪܒܳܐ ܕܒܺܝܪܰܗܓܺܝܟ ܘܡܶܬܝܰܕܥܳܐ ܢܨܺܝܒܝܢ ܕܪ̈ܘܡܳܝܐ.” 3
“ثم رحلنا منها مرحلتين ووصلنا إلى مدينة نصيبين وهي مدينة عتيقة متوسّطة قد خرب أكثرها وهي في بسيط أفيح فسيح فيه المياه الجارية” 10
“مدينة عامرة من بلاد الجزيرة بينها وبين الموصل خمسة ايام وهي اليوم بليدة: ونصيبين ايضا قرية على شاطئ الفرات غربي بيرهجك كانت تعرف بنصيبين الروم.” 4
“ومن بلد الى نصيبين 5 مراحل ومن الموصل الى سنجار 3 مراحل ومن سنجار الى نصيبين 5 مراحل ومن نصيبين الى راس عين 3 مراحل” 9
“a town in the Jazira, five days’ journey from Mosul; today it is a small town. Nisibin is also the name of a village on the west bank of the Euphrates, west of Biricik, formerly known as the Byzantine Nisibin. [Modern name, Nusaybin. (tr.)]” 5

Attestation

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

نَصِيبين8 8

Notes

In Dolabani's translation of Barsoum's description “ܕܰܓܙܝܳܪܐ” should read “ܕܓܳܙܰܪܬܐ” .
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Works Cited

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  • 1 H. Takahashi, "400. Nisibis," The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, pp: 310-311.
  • 2 The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, pp: 3, 8, 18, 33, 35, 46, 48, 53, 57, 58, 71, 72, 79 (fig. 29), 110, 143, 145–146, 157, 161, 167–168, 186, 192, 194, 203, 209, 212, 219, 264, 267, 268, 290, 291, 303, 310–311 (with fig. 92), 313, 324, 327, 351, 358, 368, 370, 376, 382, 389, 401, 419–420, 427, 433, map: Map I C1, II C1, III, IV.
  • 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 The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity, entry: Nisibis.
  • 7 David Wilmshurst, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913, pp: 16, 38, 39, 42, 44-45, 46, 49, 73, 76, 77, 169, 345, 348, 353.
  • 8 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: V, pp: 233.
  • 9 Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad Ibn Ḥawqal, Kitāb al-masālik wa al-mamālik, pp: 139.
  • 10 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 246.
  • 11 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874623," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Nisibis — ܢܨܝܒܝܢ ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/142.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Nisibis — ܢܨܝܒܝܢ .” 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/142.

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Entry Title: Nisibis — ܢܨܝܒܝܢ

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, “Nisibis — ܢܨܝܒܝܢ ”

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 Battuta data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Ibn Battuta data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
  • Data merging and XML by William L. Potter
  • Data merging and XML by David A. Michelson
  • 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
  • Syriac description entry by Robert Aydin
  • Arabic description entry by Dayroyo Roger-Youssef Akhrass
  • Wilmshurst index information entry by Anthony Davis

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