ʿAqra — ܥܩܪ
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ʿAqra; ܥܩܪ; ܥܰܩܪ ܚܘܡܰܝܕܝܗ; العقر; عقر الحميدية; ʿAqr; ʿAqr al-Ḥumaydiyya; ʿAqrā; ʿEqrā; العَقْر; Aqra; ‘Aqra; Aqr; ‘Aqr; Aqr al-Ḥumaydiyya; ‘Aqr al-Ḥumaydiyya; Aqrā; ‘Aqrā; Eqrā; ‘Eqrā
A town east of the Tigris and north of the Great Zab in northern Iraq.
ܩܶܠܥܳܐ ܕܰܒܛܘܪܐ ܕܡܘܨܠ. ܘܰܠܡܰܕܢܚܳܗ̇ ܡܰܪܕܶܐ ܬܪܶܝܢ ܝܰܘ̈ܡܝܢ ܡܶܬܝܰܕܥܳܐ ܗܘܳܬ ܥܰܩܪ ܚܘܡܰܝܕܝܗ.
قلعة من جبال الموصل شرقيها مرحلة يومين عنها تعرف بعقر الحميدية.
a citadel two days journey north of Mosul. It is known as ʿAqr al-Ḥumaydiyya.
location: 36.741389 43.893333
event: 1224/1228, Attestation of name العَقْر in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
state: 1877–2013
Moosa's English translation of Barsoum's description says "north" when it should be "east."
identifier: http://syriaca.org/place/25
identifier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqrah
The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 18, 70, 92, 226, 443 Map II C1, IV
ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 559
كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية 517
The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences 551
David Wilmshurst The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913 12, 126, 152, 155, 156, 157, 158-159, 161, 162, 166, 172
Muʿjam al-buldān Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī IV:154