Circesium — ܩܪܩܝܣܝܘܢ
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Circesium; ܩܪܩܝܣܝܘܢ; ܩܰܪܩܝܣܝܘܢ; ܩܪܩܝܣܝܐ; ܐܰܒܘܣܰܪܰܐܝ; ܒܨܝܪܗ̈; قرقسيون; قرقيسياء; ابو سراي; بصيرة; Qarqisun; Qarqisyya; Abu Saray; Busayra; قَرْقيْسِياء; قرقيسيا; Qarqīsiyā
A city at the confluence of the Euphrates and the Khabur rivers.
[A] town in al-D̲j̲azīra on the left bank of the Euphrates, close to the confluence of the K̲h̲ābūr, a little above 35° N. Lat. Ḳarḳīsiyā is simply an Arabic reproduction of the Graeco-Roman name (τό) Κιρκήσιον, (τό) Κιρτήσιον κάστρον or Κιρκίσιον.
A town near the place where the Khabur joins the Euphrates; it no longer exists. On its site lies the village of Abu Saray (Busayra).
ܐܰܬܪܐ ܗܘ ܕܥܰܠ ܢܗܰܪ ܢܒܘܪܐܝܟܐ ܕܢܳܣܶܟ ܒܰܦܪܳܬ. ܚܪܶܒ ܘܐܝܬ ܒܕܘܟܬܗ ܩܪܝܬܳܐ ܕܡܶܬܐܡܰܪ ܠܳܗ̇ ܐܰܒܘܣܰܪܰܐܝ (ܒܨܝܪܗ̈)
بلد على نهر الخابور عند مصبه في الفرات خرب وفي موضعه قرية ابو سراي (بصيرة).
ثم يمتد الفرات على ديار العرب حتى ينتهي الى الرقة وقرقيسيا والرحبة والدالية وعانة والحديثة وهيت والانبارالى الكوفة
location: 35.156614 40.430045
location: 35.15676 40.42574
event: 1224/1228
Attestation of name قَرْقيْسِياء in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
event: 0902/0914
Attestation of name قرقيسيا in the Kitāb al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa of Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn Rustah.
state: 0363–2013
Moosa's transcription of these names is non-standard.
identifier: https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/62
identifier: http://syriaca.org/place/62
identifier: http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893974
identifier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circesium
identifier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Busayrah
The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage Map I B2
ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 558
كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية 518
The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences 557
Muʿjam al-buldān Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī IV 373
Kitāb al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn Rustah 90
Kitāb al-masālik wa al-mamālik Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad Ibn Ḥawqal 17
Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition P. Bearman
http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893974 Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places Roger Bagnall Richard Talbert Tom Elliott Lindsay Holman et al.