Khurasan — ܟܘܪܐܣܐܢ

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A region east and somewhat south of the Caspian Sea.

Names

  • ܟܘܪܐܣܐܢ
  • ܟܘܽܪܐܣܰܐܢ2
  • خراسان3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
  • Khorasan5
  • Khorasān6
  • Khurasan1, 4
  • Khurāsān

Place Type

region

Descriptions

اما ابو عبد الله الجيهاني فانه كان وزير امير خراسان وكان صاحب فلسفة ونجوم وهيئة10

Attestations

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

خراسان3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 8

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

خراسان3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 9

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

خراسان3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 7
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Works Cited

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  • 1 The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, pp: 225.
  • 2 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, pp: 307.
  • 3 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, pp: 281.
  • 4 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, pp: 322.
  • 5 The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity, entry: Khorasan.
  • 6 David Wilmshurst, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913, pp: 17, 344.
  • 7 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: II, pp: 401.
  • 8 Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb al-Yaʿqūbī, Kitāb al-buldān, pp: 236.
  • 9 Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn Rustah, Kitāb al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa, pp: 80.
  • 10 Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Maqdisī, Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm, pp: 3.
  • 11 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 189, 191, 215, 221, 237, 240, 281, 300, 325, 368, 347, 380, 382, 386, 387, 395, 406, 407, 415, 416, 432, 463, 483, 490, 493, 502, 503, 520, 524, 654, 713, 622, 677.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Khurasan — ܟܘܪܐܣܐܢ ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/603.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Khurasan — ܟܘܪܐܣܐܢ .” 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/603.

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Entry Title: Khurasan — ܟܘܪܐܣܐܢ

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  • 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 Battuta data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Ibn Battuta data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
  • Data merging and XML by William L. Potter
  • Data merging and XML by David A. Michelson
  • Al-Muqaddasī data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Al-Muqaddasī data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
  • Yaʿqūbī data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Yaʿqūbī data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
  • Ibn Rustah data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Ibn Rustah 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
  • al-Yaʿqūbī data correction and integration by Thomas A. Carlson
  • Ibn Rustah data correction and integration by Thomas A. Carlson

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