Circesium — ܩܪܩܝܣܝܘܢ
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Circesium; ܩܪܩܝܣܝܘܢ; ܩܰܪܩܝܣܝܘܢ; ܩܪܩܝܣܝܐ; ܐܰܒܘܣܰܪܰܐܝ; ܒܨܝܪܗ̈; قرقسيون; قرقيسياء; ابو سراي; بصيرة; Qarqisun; Qarqisyya; Abu Saray; Busayra; قَرْقيْسِياء
A city at the confluence of the Euphrates and the Khabur rivers.
ܐܰܬܪܐ ܗܘ ܕܥܰܠ ܢܗܰܪ ܢܒܘܪܐܝܟܐ ܕܢܳܣܶܟ ܒܰܦܪܳܬ. ܚܪܶܒ ܘܐܝܬ ܒܕܘܟܬܗ ܩܪܝܬܳܐ ܕܡܶܬܐܡܰܪ ܠܳܗ̇ ܐܰܒܘܣܰܪܰܐܝ (ܒܨܝܪܗ̈)
بلد على نهر الخابور عند مصبه في الفرات خرب وفي موضعه قرية ابو سراي (بصيرة).
a town near the place where the Khabur joins the Euphrates; it no longer exists. On its site lies the village of Abu Saray (Busayra).
location: 35.15676 40.42574
event: 1224/1228, Attestation of name قَرْقيْسِياء in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
state: 0363–2013
Moosa's transcription of these names is non-standard.
identifier: http://syriaca.org/place/62
identifier: http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893974
identifier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circesium
identifier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Busayrah
The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage Map I B2
ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 558
كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية 518
The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences 557
Muʿjam al-buldān Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī IV:373