Thomas A. Carlson and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Birtha — ܒܝܪܗܓܝܟ " in last modified June 30, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/50 Birtha Birecik ܒܝܪܗܓܝܟ ܒܺܝܪܰܗܓܺܝܟ بيره جك Biricik البيرة A village on the Euphrates north of Mabbug and south of Samosata. 37.02543 37.97877 Attestation of name البيرة in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. http://syriaca.org/place/50 http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658412 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birecik http://dbpedia.org/resource/Birecik The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 363, 417 Map I B1 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 553 Muʿjam al-buldān Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī I:624