Tigris — ܕܩܠܬ
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The eastern major
river of Mesopotamia, flowing from SE Turkey to the gulf.
Place Type
river
Location
- Coordinates
(representative):
- Lat. 34.96632866849093° Long. 43.763668531650715°10
Descriptions
“واكثر مياههم ماء دجلة والفرات والزاب والنهروانات
ومنها سقى مزارعهم والماء بالبصرة ضيق لأنه يحمل في السفن من
الأبلة” 8
Attestations
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"Tigris" 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: 10, 18, 20, 21, 30, 50–51, 52, 71, 72, 215, 242, 244, 262, 294, 300, 303, 308, 365, 395, 415, 419, map: Map I C2, II C2, III, IV.
- 2 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, pp: 536.
- 3 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, pp: 504.
- 4 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, pp: 551.
- 5 The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity, entry: Tigris.
- 6 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: II, pp: 502.
- 7 Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb al-Yaʿqūbī, Kitāb al-buldān, pp: 236.
- 8 Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Maqdisī, Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm, pp: 129.
- 9 Ibn Jubayr, Riḥlat Ibn Jubayr, pp: 216-218, 225-235.
- 10 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912964," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places
How to Cite This Entry
Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Tigris — ܕܩܠܬ
” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/202.
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Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Tigris — ܕܩܠܬ .” 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/202.About this Entry
Entry Title: Tigris — ܕܩܠܬ
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, “Tigris — ܕܩܠܬ ”
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
- Yaʿqūbī data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
- Yaʿqūbī 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
- Al-Muqaddasī data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
- Al-Muqaddasī 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
- al-Ya`qubi data correction and integration by Thomas A. Carlson