Baghdad — ܒܓܕܕ

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City on the Tigris, approximately 35 km. north of Seleucia-Ctesiphon.1

Names

  • ܒܓܕܕ3
  • السلام10
  • بغداد4, 8, 9, 11, 12
  • al-Salām
  • Babylon7
  • Baghdad2, 5, 6, 7
  • Baghdād

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates (alternate):
    • Lat. 33.31468° Long. 44.39044°13
  • Coordinates (preferred):
    • Lat. 33.325° Long. 44.422°2

Descriptions

ومدينة الري ومدينة اصفهان ومدينة السلام والمدائن بالعراق10

Attestations

Attestation of name بغداد in the Kitāb al-buldān of Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb al-Yaʿqūbī.

بغداد4, 8, 9, 11, 12 9

Attestation of name بغداد in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.

بغداد4, 8, 9, 11, 12 8
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Works Cited

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  • 1 H. Takahashi, "68. Baghdad," The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, pp: 50-51.
  • 2 The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, pp: 17, 21, 23, 40 (fig. 13), 41, 50–51, 54, 70–71, 72, 73–74, 92, 100, 127, 169, 181, 185, 205, 207, 215, 219–222, 244, 251, 262, 280, 301, 314, 350, 354, 360, 365, 371, 372, 378, 388, 389, 392, 395–396 (with fig. 115), 398, 399, 424, 429–430, 439, 444, map: Map II C2.
  • 3 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, pp: 537.
  • 4 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, pp: 505.
  • 5 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, pp: 552.
  • 6 The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity, entry: Baghdad.
  • 7 David Wilmshurst, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913, pp: 12, 16, 17, 18, 52, 127, 176, 178, 180, 182-187, 192, 198, 210, 237, 261, 264, 265, 282, 316, 342, 344, 345, 348.
  • 8 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: I, pp: 541.
  • 9 Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb al-Yaʿqūbī, Kitāb al-buldān, pp: 233.
  • 10 Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Maqdisī, Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm, pp: 26.
  • 11 Ibn Jubayr, Riḥlat Ibn Jubayr, pp: 4, 11, 12, 13, 16, 19, 71, 205, 208, 213, 216-231, 286, 290.
  • 12 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 67, 117, 169, 184, 186, 187, 194, 202, 203, 215, 216, 222, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 240, 242, 248, 249, 311, 323, 365, 374, 395, 471, 473, 532, 565, 572, 573, 624, 662, 663, 686.
  • 13 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893952," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Baghdad — ܒܓܕܕ ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/41.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Baghdad — ܒܓܕܕ .” 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/41.

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Entry Title: Baghdad — ܒܓܕܕ

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  • 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, David A. Michelson, and Tobias Scheunchen, entry contributors, “Baghdad — ܒܓܕܕ

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 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
  • Ibn Jubayr data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Ibn Jubayr data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
  • Yaʿqūbī data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Yaʿqūbī data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
  • Al-Muqaddasī data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Al-Muqaddasī 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
  • Wilmshurst index information entry by Anthony Davis

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