Thomas A. Carlson and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Circesium — ܩܪܩܝܣܝܘܢ " in last modified June 30, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/62
    
        
            
                
                    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).
                    
                    
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                        Attestation of name قَرْقيْسِياء in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                    
                    Moosa's transcription of these names is non-standard.
          http://syriaca.org/place/62
                    http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893974
                    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circesium
                    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