Tobias Scheunchen (eds.), "Syria - الشام " in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5483
  
    
      
        
          Syria
          الشام
          al-Shām
          
          Historical region located between Mediterranean Sea and region of ʿIrāq.
          
            فان قلنا الغرب تبع ذلك مصر والشام
          
          https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5483
          http://syriaca.org/place/5483
          no entry found which would correspond to historical region of Syria
          
            Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīmMuḥammad ibn Aḥmad Maqdisī
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