Constantinople — ܩܘܣܛܢܛܝܢܘܦܘܠܝܣ

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The capital of the Byzantine Empire.

Names

  • ܩܘܣܛܢܛܝܢܘܦܘܠܝܣ
  • ܩܘܣܛܰܢܛܝܢܘܦܳܘܠܝܣ2
  • إسطنبول
  • اصطنْبُوْل8, 12
  • القسطنطينية3, 9
  • قسطنطينية8, 12
  • Byzantium
  • Constantinople1, 4, 5, 6
  • Constantinopolis
  • Istanbul
  • Konstantinopel
  • Βυζάντιον
  • Κωνσταντινούπολις

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates (alternate):
    • Lat. 41.009795° Long. 28.970647°11
  • Coordinates (preferred):
    • Lat. 41.008548° Long. 28.979938°7

Descriptions

وقد استولى الخليج الآخذ من القسطنطينية الى اطرابزندة على اكثرها وليس هناك مدينة مشهورة بل على ما وصفته وحددته10

Attestations

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

القسطنطينية3, 9 9

Attestation of names قسطنطينية and اصطنْبُوْل in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.

قسطنطينية8, 12 اصطنْبُوْل8, 12 8, 12
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Works Cited

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  • 1 The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, pp: 1, 5, 10, 33, 104, 107, 109, 117, 129, 135, 137, 148, 155, 156, 167, 174, 181, 192, 196, 201, 212, 229–230, 231, 236, 238, 248, 259, 260, 265, 270, 282, 283, 285, 299, 303, 306, 322–333, 324, 331, 332, 340, 348, 352, 353–354, 357, 361, 362, 366, 368, 376, 393, 401, 408, 425, 431, 445, 446, 447, 448.
  • 2 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, pp: 483.
  • 3 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, pp: 451.
  • 4 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, pp: 504.
  • 5 The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity, entry: Constantinople.
  • 6 David Wilmshurst, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913, pp: 17, 61, 89, 190, 362, 363, 364.
  • 7 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/520998," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places
  • 8 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: I, pp: 250.
  • 9 Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn Rustah, Kitāb al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa, pp: 78.
  • 10 Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad Ibn Ḥawqal, Kitāb al-masālik wa al-mamālik, pp: 133.
  • 11 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/520985," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places
  • 12 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: IV, pp: 495.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Constantinople — ܩܘܣܛܢܛܝܢܘܦܘܠܝܣ ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/586.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Constantinople — ܩܘܣܛܢܛܝܢܘܦܘܠܝܣ .” 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/586.

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Entry Title: Constantinople — ܩܘܣܛܢܛܝܢܘܦܘܠܝܣ

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, “Constantinople — ܩܘܣܛܢܛܝܢܘܦܘܠܝܣ

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 Rusta data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Ibn Rusta data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
  • Data merging and XML by William L. Potter
  • Data merging and XML by David A. Michelson
  • Ibn Ḥawqal data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Ibn Ḥawqal 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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