Caspian Sea — ܝܡܐ ܕܩܙܒܝܢ
https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/61
A large inland sea
north of Iran and east of Adharbayjān.
Names
Place Type
open-water
Location
Descriptions
“ثم تلوتها بصورة أذربيجان وشكلت ما فيها من الجبال
والطرق والانهار العذبة كاكرس والكر الى ان رسمت بحيرة خلاط وبحيرة كبوذان
وكلاهما لا يتصل ببحر طبرستان وجبل القبق مطل عليه” 8
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"Caspian Sea" in WikipediaWorks Cited
Any information without attribution has been created following the Syriaca.org editorial guidelines.
- 1 The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, map: Map I D1, II D1.
- 2 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, pp: 535.
- 3 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, pp: 504.
- 4 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, pp: 552.
- 5 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/884130," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places
- 6 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: I, pp: 407.
- 7 Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn Rustah, Kitāb al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa, pp: 83.
- 8 Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad Ibn Ḥawqal, Kitāb al-masālik wa al-mamālik, pp: 8.
- 9 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/884130," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places
How to Cite This Entry
Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Caspian Sea — ܝܡܐ
ܕܩܙܒܝܢ
” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/61.
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Bibliography:
Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Caspian Sea — ܝܡܐ ܕܩܙܒܝܢ .” 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/61.About this Entry
Entry Title: Caspian Sea — ܝܡܐ ܕܩܙܒܝܢ
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, David A. Michelson, and Tobias Scheunchen, entry contributors, “Caspian Sea — ܝܡܐ ܕܩܙܒܝܢ ”
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
- Initial Barsoum entry creation by David A. Michelson
- Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
- Ibn Rustah data correction and integration by Thomas A. Carlson