Tagrit — ܬܓܪܝܬ
https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/193
“[A] town of ʿIrāḳ on
the right bank of the Tigris to the north of Sāmarrāʾ 100 miles from
Bag̲h̲dād divertly, and 143 by river, and at the foot of the range of the
D̲j̲abal Ḥamrīn (lat. 34° 36′ N., long. 43° 41′ E., altitude 110 m/375
feet).” 12
Place Type
settlement
Location
Descriptions
“ܡܕܺܝܢܬܐ ܕܒܶܝܬ ܒܓܕܕ ܠܡܰܘܨܠ ܐܰܬܛܰܒܒܬ ܗܘܳܬ ܒܕܳܪ̈ܐ
ܕܰܥܒܰܪܘ ܒܟܘܽܪܣܝܳܐ ܕܡܰܦܪܝܢܘܬܐ ܕܡܰܕܢܚܐ ܡܶܢ ܫܢܰܬ 628 ܥܕܰܡܐ ܠܫܘܠܳܡܐ ܕܡܰܐܬܐ
ܬܪܶܥܣܝܪܳܝܬܐ.” 3
“بلدة بين بغداد والموصل غربي دجلة كانت في العصور
الذاهبة اشتهرت بكرسي مفارنة المشرق من سنة 628 م حتى منسلخ المئة الثانية
عشرة” 4
“ثم سرنا منها مرحلة ووصلنا إلى مدينة تكريت، وهي مدينة كبيرة فسيحة الأرجاء مليحة الأسواق كثيرة الجوامع وأهلها موصوفون بحسن الأخلاق والدجلة من الجهة الشمالية منها ولها قلعة حصينة على شطّ الدجلة والمدينة عتيقة البناء عليها سور يطيف بها” 14
“حسب ما ذكرته من حال الموصل وسائر ديار ربيعة
وارتفاعها نحو خمسين الف دينار وليس في العراق لها نظير الا ما كان في دجلة
بتكريت وعكبراء والبردان وبغداد نفسها [...]” 9
“ولقد اشتريت من تاجر عراقي من أهل تكريت يعرف بمحمد الدوري بمدينة غزنة” 15
“an ancient city west of the Tigris, between
Baghdad and Mosul. In the golden age of the Syrians, it was the seat of
the Maphryonos of the East from 628 until the end of the twelfth
century.” 5
“Tagrit is a modern city located on the west bank
of the Tigris, almost mid-way between Mosul and Baghdad.” 1
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- 1 A. Harrak, "532. Tagrit," The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, pp: 395-396.
- 2 The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, pp: 39–40 (with fig. 13), 71, 97, 104, 127, 199, 210, 249, 264, 273, 290, 300, 302, 313, 347, 386, 395–396 (with fig. 115), 407, 429, map: Map I C2, II C2.
- 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: 559.
- 6 The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity, entry: Tagrit.
- 7 David Wilmshurst, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913, pp: 19, 177, 178, 346.
- 8 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: II, pp: 45.
- 9 Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad Ibn Ḥawqal, Kitāb al-masālik wa al-mamālik, pp: 148.
- 10 Ibn Jubayr, Riḥlat Ibn Jubayr, pp: 232.
- 11 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 243, 407.
- 12 P. Bearman (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition
- 13 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/894099," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places
- 14 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 243.
- 15 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 407.
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Entry Title: Tagrit — ܬܓܪܝܬ
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Additional Credit:
- Additional research from Encyclopedia of Islam and the Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 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 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
- Wilmshurst index information entry by Anthony Davis