Sijistān — ܣܓܣܬܐܢ
https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/409
“[A] region of
eastern Persia lying to the south of K̲h̲urāsān
and to the north of Balūčistān, now
administratively divided between Persia and
Afghanistan.” 12
Names
Place Type
region
Location
- Coordinates
(representative):
- Lat. 32.5° Long. 62.5°6
Descriptions
“ܦܢܝܬܳܐ ܗܝ ܪܰܒܬܳܐ ܘܰܩܠܝܡܳܐ ܗܘ ܦܰܬܝܳܐ ܒܩܘܪܳܒܐ ܕܗܰܪܐܬ
ܪܰܚܝܩܳܐ 10 ܝܰܘܡ̈ܝܢ ” 1
“الحيرة مدينة كانت بالكوفة وقرية بفارس ومنزل
بسجستان ومحلة بنيسابور” 10
“فلما رأى ذلك نكص على عقبيه، وفرّ إلى صحراء سجستان، وأوغل فيها، وأجمع على اللحاق بملك هراة غياث الدين مستجيرا به وتحصّنا بمدينته.” 13
“كان جمال اللّك من أهل سجستان أعجميّ الاصل” 14
“ناحية كبيرة وولاية واسعة جنوب هرات وبينهما عشرة
ايام.” 2
“ولما كان بعد هذا، بعث الملك حسين ابن عمه ملك ورنا الذي كان رفيق الفقيه نظام الدين في تغيير المنكر رسولا إلى ملك سجستان.” 15
“[A] region of
eastern Persia lying to the south of K̲h̲urāsān
and to the north of Balūčistān, now
administratively divided between Persia and
Afghanistan.” 12
“A region located around
Lake Hāmūn and the Helmand
river in modern
Sīstān.” 6
Attestations
Notes
In Dolabani's translation of Barsoum's description
“ܒܩܘܪܳܒܐ” should read “ܒܩܘܪܒܳܐ” .
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- 1 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, pp: 556.
- 2 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, pp: 516.
- 3 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, pp: 558.
- 4 The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity, entry: Segestan.
- 5 David Wilmshurst, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913, pp: 17, 344.
- 6 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/29547," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places
- 7 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: III, pp: 214.
- 8 Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb al-Yaʿqūbī, Kitāb al-buldān, pp: 269.
- 10 Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Maqdisī, Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm, pp: 25.
- 11 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 238, 284, 392.
- 12 P. Bearman (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition
- 13 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 238.
- 14 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 284.
- 15 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 392.
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- Thomas A. Carlson and David A. Michelson, entry contributors, “Sijistān — ܣܓܣܬܐܢ ”
Additional Credit:
- Additional research from Encyclopedia of Islam and the Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 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 Battuta data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
- Ibn Battuta data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
- Data merging and XML by William L. Potter
- Data merging and XML by David A. Michelson
- Al-Muqaddasī data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
- Al-Muqaddasī data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
- Yaʿqūbī data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
- Yaʿqūbī data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
- 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
- Arabic description entry by Dayroyo Roger-Youssef Akhrass
- Wilmshurst index information entry by Anthony Davis
- al-Ya`qubi data correction and integration by Thomas A. Carlson