India — ܗܢܕܘ

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A sub-continent in southern Asia, the home of an important and ancient branch of Syriac Christianity.

Names

  • ܗܢܕܘ
  • ܗܶܢܕܘ1
  • الهند2, 6, 7
  • India3, 4

Place Type

region

Location

  • Coordinates (representative):
    • Lat. 22.5° Long. 77.5°5

Attestations

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

الهند2, 6, 7 6

Attestation of name الهند in the Kitāb al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa of Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn Rustah.

الهند2, 6, 7 7
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Works Cited

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  • 1 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, pp: 560.
  • 2 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, pp: 519.
  • 3 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, pp: 555.
  • 4 The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity, entry: India.
  • 5 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/50004," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places
  • 6 Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb al-Yaʿqūbī, Kitāb al-buldān, pp: 234.
  • 7 Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn Rustah, Kitāb al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa, pp: 25.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, “India — ܗܢܕܘ ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/500.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson, “India — ܗܢܕܘ .” 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/500.

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Entry Title: India — ܗܢܕܘ

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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, entry contributor, “India — ܗܢܕܘ

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
  • Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
  • al-Ya`qubi data correction and integration by Thomas A. Carlson
  • Ibn Rustah data correction and integration by Thomas A. Carlson

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