Ḥesno d-Kifo — ܚܣܢܐ ܕܟܐܦܐ
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Ḥesno d-Kifo; Hasankeyf; Ḥesn Kifo; ܚܣܢܐ ܕܟܐܦܐ; ܚܰܣܢ ܟܺܐܦܐ; حصن كيفا; Ḥiṣn Kifa; Ḥesnā d'Kīfā; Ḥiṣn Kayf
A city on the Tigris river between Amida and Gazarta.
ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܘܩܶܠܥܳܐ ܪܰܒܬܳܐ ܕܚܳܝܪܐ ܠܕܶܩܠܰܬ ܒܶܝܬ ܐܳܡܝܺܕ ܠܰܓܙܺܝܪܳܬܐ ܕܒܰܪ ܥܽܘܡܰܪ. ܗܘܳܬ ܒܰܙܒܰܢ ܐܶܡܳܐ ܕܰܡܕܝܢ̈ܬܳܐ ܠܚܰܕ ܦܶܪܥܐ ܕܡܰܠܟܘܬܳܐ ܐܰܝܘܒܳܝܬܐ ܥܕܰܡܳܐ ܠܪܺܝܫ ܡܰܐܬܳܐ ܥܣܝܪܳܝܬܳܐ. ܘܝܰܘܡܳܢ ܐܝܬܶܝܗ̇ ܩܪܺܝܬܳܐ.
بلدة وقلعة عظيمة مشرفة على دجلة بين آمد وجزيرة ابن عمر كانت عاصمة فرع من الدولة الايوبية حتى صدر المئة السادسة عشرة وهي اليوم قرية
a town and a great citadel overlooking the Tigris, between Amid and Jazirat Ibn ʿUmar. Once the capital of a branch of the Ayyubid state until the beginning of the sixteenth century, it is now a small village.
location: 37.714167 41.413056
event: 1224/1228, Attestation of name حصن كيفا in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
state: 0640–2013
In Dolabani's translation of Barsoum's description ܠܓܙܺܝܪܳܬܐ should read ܠܓܳܙܰܪܬܳܐ.
identifier: http://syriaca.org/place/92
identifier: http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874664
identifier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasankeyf
identifier: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Hasankeyf
The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 35, 183–184, 279–280, 291, 335, 357, 382, 419 Map II C1, III, IV
ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 539
كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية 507
The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences 554
David Wilmshurst The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913 38, 56, 70, 77, 82, 91, 179, 348, 355
Muʿjam al-buldān Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī II:305