Kiev (settlement)

URI https://medievalmideast.org/place/12732

The capital city of the Kievan Rus'

Names

  • Arabic: كوثابه = Kūthābah 1
  • Arabic: كويابة = Kūyāba 2
  • Arabic: كويابه = Kūyābah 3
  • Greek: Κίεβος = Kiebos 4
  • Hebrew: כיו = KYW 5

Temporal Data

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Event DescriptionDate
Event mentioned by Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. 1-3 before c. 1225c.1225877 A.H. / 14721995
Event mentioned by Laonikos Chalkokondyles. 4 before 14641464-1468mid-late 15th C2014
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela 5 before c.1170c.117313th C1907

Sources

  • 1Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār Ṣādr, 1995), (4) 488 [Arabic].
  • 2Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār Ṣādr, 1995), (1) 485 [Arabic].
  • 3Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār Ṣādr, 1995), (2) 368 [Arabic].
  • 4Kiev: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 3.26 [Greek with English translation].
  • 5Kieff: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 111 [Hebrew with English translation].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Kiev” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/12732.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; place categorization; abstract; matching and transliteration from Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī’s Muʿjam al-Buldān; categorization, matching, Greek collection and transliteration from Chalkokondyles' history; and Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
  • McKenzie Cady: assistance with Arabic translation of names from Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī’s Muʿjam al-Buldān
  • Josh Kuch: categorization from Chalkokondyles' history
  • Liran Yadgar: categorization, matching, Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
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