al-Thaghr

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The border area of northern Syria and Mesopotamia between the Byzantine Empire and the caliphate.

Names

  • الثغر1
  • الثَغْر3
  • الثغز
  • الثغوز4
  • al-Thaghr2

Place Type

region

Attestations

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

الثغوز4 4

Attestation of name الثَغْر in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.

الثَغْر3 3
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    Works Cited

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    • 1 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, pp: 511.
    • 2 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, pp: 569.
    • 3 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: II, pp: 93.
    • 4 Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb al-Yaʿqūbī, Kitāb al-buldān, pp: 237.

    How to Cite This Entry

    Thomas A. Carlson, “al-Thaghr” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/567.

    Bibliography:

    Thomas A. Carlson, “al-Thaghr.” 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/567.

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    Entry Title: al-Thaghr

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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
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    • Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
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