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al-Qadmūs (settlement)

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A city in western Syria

Names

  • Hebrew: קדמוס = QDMWS 1
  • Syriac: ܩܕܡܘܣ = QDMWS 2

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

Sources

  • 1Kadmus: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 27 [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), 620 [Syriac].
    • Qadmous: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), III, 240 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “al-Qadmūs” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/17591.

Additional credit information:

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