Ṭūs

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A medieval city in northeastern Persia.

Names

  • طوس3, 4
  • Ṭūs1

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 36.475251° Long. 59.513982°2

Attestations

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

طوس3, 4 4

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

طوس3, 4 3
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Works Cited

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  • 1 David Wilmshurst, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913, pp: 343.
  • 2 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/952108," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places
  • 3 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: IV, pp: 55.
  • 4 Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb al-Yaʿqūbī, Kitāb al-buldān, pp: 277.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, “Ṭūs” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/877.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson, “Ṭūs.” 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/877.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Ṭūs

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, “Ṭūs

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
  • Wilmshurst index information entry by Anthony Davis
  • al-Yaʿqūbī data correction and integration by Thomas A. Carlson

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