Ḥarran — ܚܪܢ
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“Syr./Hebrew Ḥārān; Latin Carrhae; Arabic Ḥarran.
Ancient city in Mesopotamia, approximately 45 km south-southeast of
Edessa.” 1
Place Type
settlement
Location
Descriptions
“ܡܕܺܝܢܬܳܐ ܗܘܳܬ ܪܰܒܬܳܐ ܘܥܰܬܝܩܬܳܐ ܕܰܒܬܰܝܡܢܗ̇ ܕܐܽܘܪܗܳܝ
ܘܰܚܫܝܒܳܐ ܗܘܳܬ ܪܒܐ ܕܐܰܬܪ̈ܘܳܬܐ ܕܡܨܪ ܘܰܩܪܝܬܳܐ ܗܝ ܗܳܫܐ.” 3
“كانت مدينة عظيمة قديمة في جنوبي الرها و بينهما يوم
وعُدّت قصبة ديار مضر وامست قرية” 4
“once a great city, a day’s journey south from
Edessa. It was considered the capital of Diyar Miṣr, but now is a small
village.” 5
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"Harran" in WikipediaWorks Cited
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- 1 H. Takahashi, "250. Ḥarran," The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, pp: 191-192.
- 2 The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, pp: 2, 54, 71, 127, 133, 138, 142, 168, 189, 191–192 (with fig. 55), 220, 230, 247, 252, 277 (fig. 72), 285, 294, 302, 327, 347, 399, 403, 420, map: Map I B1, II B1, III.
- 3 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, pp: 539.
- 4 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, pp: 506.
- 5 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, pp: 553.
- 6 The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity, entry: Harran.
- 7 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: II, pp: 271.
- 8 Ibn Jubayr, Riḥlat Ibn Jubayr, pp: 5, 243-248.
- 9 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658427," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places
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Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Ḥarran — ܚܪܢ .” 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/216.About this Entry
Entry Title: Ḥarran — ܚܪܢ
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- 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, “Ḥarran — ܚܪܢ ”
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 Jubayr data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
- Ibn Jubayr 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
- Syriac description entry by Robert Aydin