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Zarʿīn (settlement)

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A medieval village on the site of the ancient biblical city of Jezreel

Names

  • Hebrew: זרין = ZRYN 1
  • Hebrew: יזרעאל = YZRʿʾL 2
  • Latin: Iesrahel 3
  • Latin: Zaraein 4
  • Syriac: ܐܝܙܪܥܠ = ʾYZRʿL 5

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Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela 1-2 before c.1170c.117313th C1907
Events mentioned by Burchard of Mount Sion 3-4 c.1280c.128414th C1864
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian 5 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Zerin: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 44 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 2Jazreel: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 44 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 3Iesrahel: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), VI 8, VII 3. 6. 7. 9. 11. 14. 15. 16. 17. [Latin].
  • 4Zaraein: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), VII 11. [Latin].
  • 5Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 46 [Syriac].
    • Jezraël: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 72 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Zarʿīn” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/17667.

Additional credit information:

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