Sinjar — ܫܝܓܪ
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A town west of Mosul and east of
Mount
Sinjar.
Place Type
settlement
Location
- Coordinates
:
- Lat. 36.321337° Long. 41.859566°7
Descriptions
“ܐܰܬܪܐ ܗܘ ܕܒܰܫܦܘܠܳܐ ܕܛܘܪܳܐ ܕܫܝܓܳܪ ܠܡܰܥܪܰܒ ܡܰܘܨܠ
ܒܰܝܢܳܬܗܝܢ ܬܠܳܬܐ ܝܰܘܡܝ̈ܢ.” 2
“بلدة في لحف جبل سنجار غربي الموصل بينهما ثلاثة
ايام.” 3
“ثمّ رحلنا إلى مدينة سنجار، وهي مدينة كبيرة كثيرة الفواكه والأشجار والعيون المطردة والأنهار” 12
“وسنجار مدينة باثور” 11
“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 situated at the foot of the Sinjar
mountain, three days’ journey from Mosul.” 4
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"Sinjar" 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: 3, 18, 53, 116, 355, map: Map I C1, II C1.
- 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 The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity, entry: Singar.
- 6 David Wilmshurst, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913, pp: 44, 49, 345, 352.
- 7 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874699," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places
- 8 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: III, pp: 297.
- 9 Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad Ibn Ḥawqal, Kitāb al-masālik wa al-mamālik, pp: 139.
- 10 Ibn Jubayr, Riḥlat Ibn Jubayr, pp: 240.
- 11 Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Maqdisī, Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm, pp: 27.
- 12 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 246.
How to Cite This Entry
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” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/184.
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Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Sinjar — ܫܝܓܪ .” 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/184.About this Entry
Entry Title: Sinjar — ܫܝܓܪ
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- Thomas A. Carlson, David A. Michelson, and Tobias Scheunchen, entry contributors, “Sinjar — ܫܝܓܪ ”
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
- Al-Muqaddasī data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
- Al-Muqaddasī 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
- Syriac description entry by Robert Aydin
- Arabic description entry by Dayroyo Roger-Youssef Akhrass
- Wilmshurst index information entry by Anthony Davis