Tarsos — ܛܪܣܘܣ

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A city in Cilicia I west of Adana.

Names

  • ܛܪܣܘܣ
  • ܛܰܪܣܽܘܣ2
  • طرسوس3, 7
  • طَرَسون6
  • Tarsos1
  • Tarsus1, 4, 5
  • Ṭarsūs

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates (alternate):
    • Lat. 36.920059° Long. 34.900117°8
  • Coordinates (preferred):
    • Lat. 36.916667° Long. 34.9°1

Descriptions

واما جبل لكام فانه اعمر جبال الشام واكبرها واكثرها ثمارا وهو اليوم بيد الارمن وطرسوس من ورائه وانطاكية دونه7

Attestation

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

طَرَسون6 6
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Works Cited

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  • 1 The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, pp: 25, 35, 69, 107, 125, 268, 284, 406, map: Map I A1, II A1.
  • 2 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, pp: 271.
  • 3 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, pp: 394.
  • 4 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, pp: 444.
  • 5 David Wilmshurst, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913, pp: 62-63, 64, 65.
  • 6 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: IV, pp: 31.
  • 7 Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Maqdisī, Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm, pp: 189.
  • 8 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/648789," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Tarsos — ܛܪܣܘܣ ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/196.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Tarsos — ܛܪܣܘܣ .” 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/196.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Tarsos — ܛܪܣܘܣ

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, “Tarsos — ܛܪܣܘܣ

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
  • Al-Muqaddasī data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Al-Muqaddasī 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
  • Wilmshurst index information entry by Anthony Davis

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