Thomas A. Carlson and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Circesium — ܩܪܩܝܣܝܘܢ " in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/62
    
        
            
                
                    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
                    
                    
                        35.156614 40.430045
                    
                    
                        35.15676 40.42574
                    
                    
                        Attestation of name قَرْقيْسِياء in the Muʿjam
                                al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
                        
                    
                    
                        Attestation of name قرقيسيا in the Kitāb
                                al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa of Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn
                                Rustah.
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                    
                    Moosa's transcription of
                        these names is non-standard.
                    https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/62
                    http://syriaca.org/place/62
                    http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893974
                    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circesium
                    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
                        
                        IV373
                    
                    
                        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/893974Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places Roger Bagnall Richard Talbert Tom Elliott Lindsay Holman et al.