Aqūr - أقور
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Aqūr; أقور
A region (iqlīm) next to the region of al-Shām. Ḏj̲azīrat Aḳūr or Iḳlīm Aḳūr, also briefly called al-Ḏj̲azīra, is the name given by the Arab geographers to the northern part of the land between the Euphrates and the Tigris.
وقد قسمنا هذا الاقليم ست كور اولها من قبل اقور قنسرين ثم حمص ثم دمشق ثم الاردن ثم فلسطين ثم الشراة
identifier: https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5176
identifier: http://syriaca.org/place/5176
Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Maqdisī 154
Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition P. Bearman