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Mār Yaʿqūb (monastery)

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A monastery in Kaysum, first mentioned at the end of the seventh century CE.

Names

  • Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܝܥ܏ܩܘ ܕܟܝܫܘܡ = MRY YʿQW DKYShWM 1

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Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian 1 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 423 [Syriac].
    • Jacques (couvent de Mar): J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), II, 428, 429, 471; III, 41, 43, 452, 455, 456, 458, 460, 461 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Mār Yaʿqūb” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/121.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML and categorization, matching, Syriac collection and transliteration from Michael's chronicle
  • Evan Willford: place categorization; abstract; and Syriac Gazetter matching
  • Jessica Mutter: categorization, matching from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: categorization from Michael's chronicle
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