Thomas A. Carlson and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Bālis — ܒܐܠܫ " in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/299
    
        
            
                
                    Bālis
                    ܒܐܠܫ
                    ܒܳܐܠܫ
                    ܒܪܒܐܠܝܣܘܣ
                    ܡܰܣܟܢܗ
                    بالس
                    بالش
                    برباليسوس
                    مسكنة
                    Bāls
                    Bālsh
                    Perpalisos
                    Maskana
                    [F]ormer town in
                        northern Syria, which was both a port on the Western bank of the Euphrates
                        and an important stage, 100 km. from Aleppo and at the entrance to the
                        D̲j̲azīra, of the road from Antioch and the Mediterranean leading, via
                        al-Raḳḳa, to Bag̲h̲dād and ʿIrāḳ.
                    
                    
                        ܐܰܬܪܐ ܕܒܶܝܬ ܚܳܠܳܒ ܠܩܰܐܠܘܢܝܩܝ ܘܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܒܪܒܐܠܝܣܘܣ
                            ܥܰܬܝܩܬܳܐ ܘܡܶܫܬܰܡܰܗ ܝܰܘܡܳܢ ܡܰܣܟܢܗ.
                    
                    
                        بلدة بارض الشام بين حلب والرقة وهي برباليسوس
                            القديمة تسمى في وقتنا مسكنة
                    
                    
                        a town in Syria between Aleppo and al-Raqqa, known
                            in antiquity as Perpalisos, it is now called Maskana.
                    
                        ثم الخناصرة وبالس وهما من عمل قنسرين
                    
                    
                        36.0021275 38.126807
                    
                    
                        Attestation of name بالس
                            in the Muʿjam al-buldān of
                                Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                    
                    Moosa's transcription
                        "Perpalisos" should be "Barbalissus".
                    https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/299
                    http://syriaca.org/place/299
                    http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668208
                    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbalissos
                    http://dbpedia.org/resource/Barbalissos
                    
                        ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ
                        
                        537
                    
                    
                        كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب
                            السريانية
                        
                        505
                    
                    
                        The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature
                            and Sciences
                        
                        552
                    
                    
                        http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668208Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places Roger Bagnall Richard Talbert Tom Elliott Lindsay Holman et al.
                        
                    
                    
                        Muʿjam al-buldān
                        Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī
                        
                        I390
                    
                    
                        Kitāb al-masālik wa
                            al-mamālik
                        Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad Ibn Ḥawqal
                        
                        17
                    
                    
                        Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition
                        P. Bearman