Socotra - [ Syriac Not Available ]

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An island off the horn of Africa.

Names

  • Socotra1, 2
  • سُقُطْرَى3

Place Type

island

Descriptions

An island off the horn of Africa.

Attestation

Attestation of name سُقُطْرَى in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. سُقُطْرَى3 3
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 164.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 2 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Socotra.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 3 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990), p: III:256.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, “Socotra” last modified June 30, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/642.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson, “Socotra.”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2014. Entry published June 30, 2014. http://syriaca.org/place/642.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Socotra

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  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by Daniel L. Schwartz
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by William L. Potter
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by David A. Michelson
  • Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson

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