Samosata — ܫܡܝܫܛ
https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/178
Place Type
settlement
Location
Descriptions
“ܐܰܬܪܐ ܗܘ ܕܰܠܡܰܥܪܒܗ ܕܰܦܪܳܬ ܘܰܠܓܰܪܒܝܗ
ܕܐܘܪܗܳܝ.” 2
“بلدة على غربي الفرات شمالي الرها.” 3
“واما حدودها ومسافاتها فمن مخرج الفرات في حد ملطية
الى سميساط يومان ومن سميساط الى جسر منبج ايام” 6
“a town on the Euphrates, north of Edessa.” 4
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"Samosata" in WikipediaWorks Cited
Any information without attribution has been created following the Syriaca.org editorial guidelines.
- 1 The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, pp: 59, 107, 266, 409, 432, map: Map I B1, II B1.
- 2 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, pp: 557.
- 3 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, pp: 516.
- 4 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, pp: 558.
- 5 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: III, pp: 293.
- 6 Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad Ibn Ḥawqal, Kitāb al-masālik wa al-mamālik, pp: 139.
- 7 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658587," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places
How to Cite This Entry
Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Samosata — ܫܡܝܫܛ
” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/178.
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Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Samosata — ܫܡܝܫܛ .” 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/178.About this Entry
Entry Title: Samosata — ܫܡܝܫܛ
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, “Samosata — ܫܡܝܫܛ ”
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