Armenia — ܐܪܡܢܝܐ

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A mountainous region between the Caspian Sea and eastern Anatolia, south of Georgia and north of Kurdistan.

Names

  • ܐܪܡܢܝܐ
  • ܐܰܪܡܶܢܺܝܐ1
  • إِرْمِيْنِيَة6
  • ارمينية2, 7
  • Armenia3, 4, 5

Place Type

region

Attestations

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

ارمينية2, 7 7

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

إِرْمِيْنِيَة6 6
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Works Cited

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  • 1 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, pp: 287.
  • 2 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, pp: 261.
  • 3 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, pp: 300.
  • 4 The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity, entry: Armenia.
  • 5 David Wilmshurst, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913, pp: 283.
  • 6 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: I, pp: 191.
  • 7 Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb al-Yaʿqūbī, Kitāb al-buldān, pp: 236.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, “Armenia — ܐܪܡܢܝܐ ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/576.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson, “Armenia — ܐܪܡܢܝܐ .” 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/576.

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Entry Title: Armenia — ܐܪܡܢܝܐ

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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, “Armenia — ܐܪܡܢܝܐ

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
  • Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
  • Wilmshurst index information entry by Anthony Davis
  • al-Ya`qubi data correction and integration by Thomas A. Carlson

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