Thomas A. Carlson and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Emesa — ܚܡܨ " in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/215 Emesa Ḥimṣ ܚܡܨ ܚܡܶܨ حمص Ḥomṣ Homs حِمْص Ḥims Hemesa Emisenoi La Chamelle Hims Ḥiṃs Ṣobȧ Soba Ḥămȧt Ḥoms A town in Syria (36° E. and 34° 20′ N.) 500 m above sea level on the eastern bank of the Orontes (Nahr al-ʿĀṣī), in the centre of a vast cultivated plain which is bounded in the east by the desert and in the west by volcanic mountains. City in Syria. وتدمر وسلمية وهما من عمل حمص 34.751899 36.724237 34.730833 36.709444 Attestation of name حِمْص in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/215 http://syriaca.org/place/215 http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668261 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homs http://dbpedia.org/resource/Homs http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=H&sK=Homs&sT=keywords http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=E&sK=Emesa&sT=keywords H. Takahashi 259. Ḥimṣ The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 196-197 The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 5, 42 (fig. 15), 59, 62, 77, 87, 103, 110, 111, 117, 130, 155, 163, 178, 196–197, 208, 234, 270, 313, 342–343, 353, 360, 389, 393, 425 Map I B2, II A2, V ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 539 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية 507 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences 553 The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity Homs Emesa Muʿjam al-buldān Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī II347 Kitāb al-masālik wa al-mamālik Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad Ibn Ḥawqal 17 Riḥlat Ibn Jubayr Ibn Jubayr M.J. de Goeje 255-259 Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār Ibn Baṭṭūta 83, 84, 94, 664, 665 Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition P. Bearman http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668261Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places Roger Bagnall Richard Talbert Tom Elliott Lindsay Holman et al.