Nineveh — ܢܝܢܘܐ
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“A very ancient city in northern Iraq located on
the eastern side of the Tigris River, directly across from the medieval
and modern city of Mosul.” 1
Place Type
settlement
Location
Descriptions
“يقال إنه موضع المدينة المعروفة بنينوى مدينة يونس عليه السلام” 8
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"Nineveh" in WikipediaWorks Cited
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- 1 J. T. Walker, "399. Nineveh," The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, pp: 308-310.
- 2 The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, pp: 11, 12, 13, 72, 73, 100, 116, 213, 218, 268, 280, 294, 308–310 (with fig. 91), 413 (fig. 119), map: Map I C1.
- 3 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, pp: 537.
- 4 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, pp: 505.
- 5 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, pp: 552.
- 6 The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity, entry: Nineveh.
- 7 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: V, pp: 391.
- 8 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 244.
- 9 Ibn Jubayr, Riḥlat Ibn Jubayr, pp: 236.
- 10 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874621," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places
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” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/144.
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Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Nineveh — ܢܝܢܘܐ .” 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/144.About this Entry
Entry Title: Nineveh — ܢܝܢܘܐ
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- 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, “Nineveh — ܢܝܢܘܐ ”
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 Jubayr data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
- Ibn Jubayr 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
- Initial Barsoum entry creation by David A. Michelson
- Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson