Alexandria — ܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܝܐ

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A city in Egypt.

Names

  • ܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܝܐ
  • ܐܰܠܟܣܰܢܕܰܪܝܐ2
  • اسكندرية9
  • الإسكندرية11
  • الاسكندرية3, 8
  • Alexandria1, 4, 5, 6
  • al-Iskandarīya

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates (alternate):
    • Lat. 31.201435° Long. 29.909773°12
  • Coordinates (preferred):
    • Lat. 31.195371° Long. 29.904133°7

Descriptions

ورومية ركن من اركان ملك النصارى وذلك انها كرسى للنصارى ولهم ايضا كرسى بانطاكية وكرسى بالاسكندرية والكرسى الذي ببيت المقدس محدث لم يكن في ايام الحواريين واتخذوه بعدهم ليغظم به بيت المقدس11

Attestations

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

اسكندرية9 9

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

الاسكندرية3, 8 8
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Works Cited

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  • 1 The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, pp: 21–22, 45–46, 59 (with fig. 19), 76, 103–105, 109, 128, 135, 144–145, 155, 164, 188–189, 231, 248, 258–259, 278, 282, 285, 322, 325, 332, 340, 366, 367, 368, 370, 386, 407, 415, 418, 431, 432, 444, 448.
  • 2 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, pp: 363.
  • 3 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, pp: 334.
  • 4 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, pp: 382.
  • 5 The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity, entry: Alexandria.
  • 6 David Wilmshurst, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913, pp: 64-65, 364.
  • 7 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727070," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places
  • 8 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: I, pp: 217.
  • 9 Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn Rustah, Kitāb al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa, pp: 78.
  • 11 Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad Ibn Ḥawqal, Kitāb al-masālik wa al-mamālik, pp: 135.
  • 12 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727070," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Alexandria — ܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܝܐ ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/572.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Alexandria — ܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܝܐ .” 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/572.

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Entry Title: Alexandria — ܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܝܐ

Authorial and Editorial Responsibility:

  • 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 and Tobias Scheunchen, entry contributors, “Alexandria — ܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܝܐ

Additional Credit:

  • Research on coordinates by Tobias Scheunchen
  • Data correction and integration from Ibn Battuta, al-Bakri, al-Tabari, Nasir Khusraw, Ibn Jubayr, Isho’yahb III, Al-Muqaddasī, Ibn Ḥawqal, Al-Masūdī, Yāqūt b. ʿAbdallāh al-Ḥamawī by Tobias Scheunchen
  • Ibn Ḥawqal data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Ibn Ḥawqal 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
  • Wilmshurst index information entry by Anthony Davis
  • Ibn Rustah data correction and integration by Thomas A. Carlson

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