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Iron gates of Alexander (building)

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a legendary barrier supposedly built by Alexander the Great in the Caucasus

Names

  • Hebrew: שערי ברזל של אלכסנדר = ShʿRY BRZL ShL ʾLKSNDR 1
  • Syriac: ܬܪܥܐ ܕܦܪܙܠܐ = TRʿʾ DPRZLʾ 2

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Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela 1 before c.1170c.117313th C1907
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian 2 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Iron gates of Alexander: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 62 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 2Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 75 [Syriac].
    • Porte-de-fer des Huns: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 113 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Iron gates of Alexander” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/17062.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue; and categorization, matching, Syriac collection and transliteration from Michael's chronicle
  • Liran Yadgar: place categorization; abstract; and categorization, matching, Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
  • Jessica Mutter: categorization, matching from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: categorization from Michael's chronicle
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