Turkestan

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A region in Central Asia.

Names

  • الترك3
  • تركستان2, 3
  • Turkestan1

Place Type

region

Attestations

Attestation of names الترك and تركستان in the Kitāb al-buldān of Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb al-Yaʿqūbī.

الترك3 تركستان2, 3 3

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

تركستان2, 3 2
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Works Cited

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  • 1 The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity, entry: Turkestan.
  • 2 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: II, pp: 27.
  • 3 Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb al-Yaʿqūbī, Kitāb al-buldān, pp: 234, 269.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, “Turkestan” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/647.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson, “Turkestan.” 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/647.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Turkestan

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, entry contributor, “Turkestan

Additional Credit:

  • Yaʿqūbī data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Yaʿqūbī data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
  • Data merging and XML by William L. Potter
  • Data merging and XML by David A. Michelson
  • Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
  • al-Yaʿqūbī data correction and integration by Thomas A. Carlson

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