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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

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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
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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.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 295-296.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

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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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Silvio Roggo, “A river in Central Asia.”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2024. Entry published February 16, 2024. http://syriaca.org/place/5659.

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