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“Joh. Eph., EH 6.7, records how 2000 Christian Roman women, sent as a gift by Khosrow to the Turks, decided to drown themselves in a broad river. The river might have been the Oxus or the Jaxartes in central Asia.” 2
Names
- A river in Central Asia
- ܢܗܪܐ ܚܕ ܪܒܐ ܘܬܩܝܦܐ1
Place Type
river
Descriptions
“Joh. Eph., EH 6.7, records how 2000 Christian Roman women, sent as a gift by Khosrow to the Turks, decided to drown themselves in a broad river. The river might have been the Oxus or the Jaxartes in central Asia.” 2
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- 1 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 295; 296, chapter: 3.6.7.
- 2 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 295-296.
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Silvio Roggo, “A river in Central Asia” last modified February 16, 2024, http://syriaca.org/place/5659.
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