Adharbayjān — ܐܕܪܒܝܓܐܢ
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A region west of the Caspian Sea,
encompassing the modern country of Azerbaijan and the provinces of northwest
Iran.
Place Type
region
Descriptions
“ܩܠܺܝܡܐ ܪܘܺܝܚܐ ܕܡܶܬܬܰܚܰܡ ܗܘܳܐ ܒܝܰܡܐ ܕܩܳܙܒܝܢ ܠܡܰܕܢܚܐ
ܘܰܒܝܰܡܬܐ ܕܘܰܐܢ ܠܡܰܥܪܒܐ” 2
“اقليم واسع كان حدّه من بحر قزبين مشرقاً الى بحيرة
وان مغرباً” 3
“a vast territory whose boundaries extended from the
Caspian Sea in the east to Lake Van in the west.” 4
Attestations
Attestation of name اذربيجان in the Kitāb al-buldān of Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb al-Yaʿqūbī.
اذربيجان3, 7, 8 7Attestation of name اذربيجان in the Kitāb al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa of Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn Rustah.
اذربيجان3, 7, 8 8Attestation of name أَذْرَبِيجَان in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
أَذْرَبِيجَان6 6See Also
"Azerbaijan" 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: 11, 359, 422, map: Map II D1.
- 2 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, pp: 535-536.
- 3 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, pp: 504.
- 4 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, pp: 552.
- 5 The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity, entry: Azerbaijan.
- 6 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: I, pp: 155.
- 7 Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb al-Yaʿqūbī, Kitāb al-buldān, pp: 237.
- 8 Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn Rustah, Kitāb al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa, pp: 89.
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Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Adharbayjān — ܐܕܪܒܝܓܐܢ
” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5.
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Bibliography:
Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Adharbayjān — ܐܕܪܒܝܓܐܢ .” 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/5.About this Entry
Entry Title: Adharbayjān — ܐܕܪܒܝܓܐܢ
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Additional Credit:
- Yaʿqūbī data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
- Yaʿqūbī data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
- Data merging and XML by William L. Potter
- Data merging and XML by David A. Michelson
- Ibn Rusta data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
- Ibn Rusta 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
- Ibn Rusta data correction and integration by Thomas A. Carlson