Mashhad Kuḥayl - ܡܫܗܕ ܟܘܚܝܠ

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Names

  • ܡܫܗܕ ܟܘܚܝܠ
  • Mashhad Kuḥayl3
  • ܡܰܫܗܕ ܟܘܚܰܝܠ1
  • الكُحَيْل4
  • مشهد كحيل2

Place Type

settlement

Descriptions

ܡܕܺܝܢܬܐ ܗܘܳܬ ܪܰܒܬܐ ܕܥܰܠ ܕܶܩܠܰܬ ܒܰܝܢܳܬ ܬܪܶܝܢ ܙܒܐ ܠܥܶܠ ܡܶܢ ܬܰܓܪܺܝܬ ܒܓܰܒܳܐ ܡܰܥܪܒܳܝܐ. ܝܰܘܡܳܢ ܕܶܝܢ ܠܰܝܬ ܠܳܗ̇ ܛܶܒܐ ܘܠܐ ܐܳܬܳܐ ܘܐܝܺܬܝܶܗ̇ ܡܳܬܳܐ ܕܡܘܫܶܐ ܕܒܰܪ ܟܐܺܦܳܐ ܝܰܕܘܥܬܳܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܳܝܳܐ 9031
« قال ياقوت » كانت كحيل مدينة عظيمة على دجلة بين الزابين فوق تكريت من الجانب الغربي، اما الآن فليس لها خبر ولا اثر » وهي موطن موسى ابن كيفا العالم السرياني 903 +. 2
Yaquṭ says, “Kuḥayl was a big city on the Tigris between the two Zabs, above Takrit, going southwards. Today it is no more.” Kuḥayl was the birthplace of the Syrian learned man Moses Bar Kepha (d. 903).3

Attestation

Attestation of name الكُحَيْل in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. الكُحَيْل4 4
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, Berule bdire d-ʿal yulpone suryoye hdire, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani, 2nd ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), p: 561.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 2 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, al-Luʼluʼ al-manthūr fī tārīkh al-ʻulūm wa-al-ādāb al-Suryāniyyah, 4th ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987), p: 519.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd rev. ed. (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2003), p: 556.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 4 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990), p: IV:498.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Mashhad Kuḥayl — ܡܫܗܕ ܟܘܚܝܠ ” last modified June 30, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/458.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Mashhad Kuḥayl — ܡܫܗܕ ܟܘܚܝܠ .”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2014. Entry published June 30, 2014. http://syriaca.org/place/458.

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Entry Title: Mashhad Kuḥayl — ܡܫܗܕ ܟܘܚܝܠ

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  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by Daniel L. Schwartz
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by William L. Potter
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by David A. Michelson
  • Arabic description entry by Dayroyo Roger-Youssef Akhrass
  • Syriac description entry by Robert Aydin
  • Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
  • Initial Barsoum entry creation by David A. Michelson

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