Balikh — ܢܗܪ ܒܐܠܚ
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A tributary of the
Euphrates that enters at
al-Raqqa.
Place Type
river
Attestations
Notes
GEDSH article "Edessa" identifies this river with the
Daysan, but
the identification is contested.
See Also
"Balikh River" in WikipediaWorks Cited
Any information without attribution has been created following the Syriaca.org editorial guidelines.
- 1 The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, pp: 138, map: Map III.
- 2 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, pp: 546.
- 3 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, pp: 510.
- 4 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, pp: 570.
- 5 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: I, pp: 584.
- 6 Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn Rustah, Kitāb al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa, pp: 90.
How to Cite This Entry
Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Balikh — ܢܗܪ ܒܐܠܚ
” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/43.
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Bibliography:
Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Balikh — ܢܗܪ ܒܐܠܚ .” 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/43.About this Entry
Entry Title: Balikh — ܢܗܪ ܒܐܠܚ
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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 and David A. Michelson, entry contributors, “Balikh — ܢܗܪ ܒܐܠܚ ”
Additional Credit:
- Ibn Rusta data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
- Ibn Rusta data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
- Data merging and XML by William L. Potter
- Data merging and XML by David A. Michelson
- Initial Barsoum entry creation by David A. Michelson
- Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
- Ibn Rustah data correction and integration by Thomas A. Carlson