Euphrates — ܦܪܬ

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The western major river of Mesopotamia, flowing from eastern Turkey to the gulf.

Names

  • ܦܪܬ
  • ܦܪܰܬ2
  • الفرات3, 7, 8
  • الفُرات6
  • al-Furāt
  • Euphrates1, 4, 5
  • Firat
  • Frat
  • Ufrātu

Place Type

river

Location

  • Coordinates (representative):
    • Lat. 34.7141123794017° Long. 41.14435946777027°9

Attestations

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

الفرات3, 7, 8 7

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

الفُرات6 6
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Works Cited

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  • 1 The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, pp: 21, 31, 37, 54, 71, 114, 116, 132–133 (with fig. 45), 198, 209–210, 229, 234, 283, 314–315, 320, 345–346, 368, 403, 418, 432, 433, map: Map I B2, II B2, III.
  • 2 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, pp: 559.
  • 3 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, pp: 517.
  • 4 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, pp: 551.
  • 5 The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity, entry: Euphrates.
  • 6 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: IV, pp: 274.
  • 7 Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb al-Yaʿqūbī, Kitāb al-buldān, pp: 237.
  • 8 Ibn Jubayr, Riḥlat Ibn Jubayr, pp: 207, 209, 210, 212-217, 226, 247, 248.
  • 9 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912849," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Euphrates — ܦܪܬ ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/82.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Euphrates — ܦܪܬ .” 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/82.

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Entry Title: Euphrates — ܦܪܬ

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  • 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, “Euphrates — ܦܪܬ

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
  • 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
  • Ibn Jubayr data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Ibn Jubayr 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
  • al-Ya`qubi data correction and integration by Thomas A. Carlson

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