Amasya (settlement)
URI https://medievalmideast.org/place/238
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| Event Description | Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| before c. 1225 | c.1225 | 877 A.H. / 1472 | 1995 | |
| 1480 | 1480 | 1480 | 1958 | |
| before 1464 | 1464-1468 | mid-late 15th C | 2014 |
Sources
- 1Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār Ṣādr, 1995), (3) 99 [Arabic].
- 2L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1958), no. 564 II: p. 443 [Armenian].
- Amasia: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1480 (no. 2) [English].
- 3Amaseia: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 8.46; 9.34, 71, 77 [Greek with English translation].
How to Cite This Entry
Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Amasya” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/238.
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- Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; matching and transliteration from Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī’s Muʿjam al-Buldān; categorization, matching, Armenian collection/transliteration from Sanjian's Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts; and categorization, matching, Greek transliteration from Chalkokondyles' history
- Evan Willford: place categorization; Syriac Gazetter matching; and Wikipedia matching and GPS coordinates
- McKenzie Cady: citation generation from Sanjian's Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts
- Josh Kuch: categorization and Greek collection from Chalkokondyles' history