Mashmahig — ܡܫܡܗܝܓسَماهيج

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An episcopal see on an island in the Beth Qaṭraye region.

Names

  • ܡܝܫܡܗܓ2
  • ܡܫܡܗܝܓ2
  • سَماهيج
  • Mashmahig1, 5
  • Mashmahīg
  • Mayshamhag
  • Mâšmâhȋg2
  • Samaheej
  • Samāhīj

Place Type

diocese

Location

  • Coordinates (representative):
    • Lat. 26.28298° Long. 50.63348°
  • Within Beth Qaṭraye.

Descriptions

ܘܐܢܬܘܢ ܡܗܝ̈ܡܢܐ ܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܒܐܝܕ̈ܝܟܘܢ ܣܝܡܐ ܡܫܠܛܘܬܐ ܡܥܕܪܢܝܬܐ ܕܓܙܪ̈ܬܐ ܘܕܝܬܒ̈ܝ ܡܕܒܪܐ: ܗܢܘ ܕܝܢ ܕܕܝܪܝܢ ܘܕܡܫܡܗܝܓ ܘܕܬܠܘܢ ܘܕܚܛܐ ܘܕܗܓܪ ܐܬܚܦܛܘ ܒܙܒܢܐ ܗܢܐ ܝܬܝܪ ܡܢ ܕܒܟܠܙܒܢ ܥܠ ܥܘܕܪܢܐ ܕܗܝܡܢܘܬܟܘܢ.3
ܠܗܠܝܢ ܐܒܪܗܡ ܫܠܝܛܐ ܕܡܫܡܗܝܓ ܒܫܘܠܛܢܐ ܛܪܘܢܝܐ ܙܥܙܥ.4

Attestations

Attestation of name ܡܫܡܗܝܓ in the Synodicon Orientale.

ܡܫܡܗܝܓ2 2

Attestation of name ܡܝܫܡܗܓ in the Synodicon Orientale.

ܡܝܫܡܗܓ2 2
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Works Cited

Any information without attribution has been created following the Syriaca.org editorial guidelines.

  • 1 The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, pp: 73.
  • 2 Jean Baptiste Chabot (ed.), Synodicon Orientale, pp: 34, 36, 128, 273, 275, 387.
  • 3 Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene, "Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene's Letters to the Qataris," pp: 75.
  • 4 Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene, "Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene's Letters to the Qataris," pp: 78.
  • 5 Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene, "Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene's Letters to the Qataris," pp: 53, 58.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Mashmahig — ܡܫܡܗܝܓسَماهيج ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/2879.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Mashmahig — ܡܫܡܗܝܓسَماهيج .” 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/2879.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Mashmahig — ܡܫܡܗܝܓسَماهيج

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 and Tobias Scheunchen, entry contributors, “Mashmahig — ܡܫܡܗܝܓسَماهيج

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
  • Data merging, Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
  • Isho’yahb III data collection by Mario Kozah
  • Synodicon data collection by Mario Kozah
  • Synodicon data correction and integration by Thomas A. Carlson
  • Data merging and XML by William L. Potter
  • Data merging and XML by David A. Michelson

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