Maishan - ميسان

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A region and diocese along the lower Tigris River in southeastern Iraq.

Names

  • ميسان
  • Maishan
  • Maishān3
  • Maysān
  • Mesene2
  • Mēshān
  • Mēshun
  • T’iao-tche

Place Type

diocese

Descriptions

ܛܒܐ ܕܫܦܝܪܘܬ ܩܘܡܟܘܢ ܕܚܠܦ ܢܡܘܣ̈ܐ ܪ̈ܘܚܢܝܐ ܐܘ ܐܚ̈ܝ ܚܒܝ̈ܒܐ. ܐܝܬܝ ܠܝ ܐܚܘܢ ܡܝܩܪܐ ܡܪܝ ܓܝܘܪܓܝܣ ܐܦܣܩܘܦܐ ܡܝܛܪܦܘܠܝܛܣ (ܡܛܪܦܘܠܝܛܣ) ܕܡܝܫܢ.1
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene, "Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene's Letters to the Qataris," pp: 80.
  • 2 Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene, "Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene's Letters to the Qataris," pp: 59.
  • 3 David Wilmshurst, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913, pp: 17, 175, 342, 344.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Maishan - ميسان ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/2339.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Maishan - ميسان .” In The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, edited by Haya Al Thani, Saif al-Murikhi, Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn, Abdul Rahman Chamseddine, Mario Kozah and Thomas A. Carlson. Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute, 2020. Entry published January 10, 2020. https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/2339.

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Entry Title: Maishan - ميسان

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, Mario Kozah, and Thomas A. Carlson, editors, The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer
  • Thomas A. Carlson and Tobias Scheunchen, entry contributors, “Maishan - ميسان

Additional Credit:

  • 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
  • Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
  • Wilmshurst index information entry by Anthony Davis
  • Isho’yahb III data collection by Mario Kozah
  • Data merging and XML by William L. Potter
  • Data merging and XML by David A. Michelson

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