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Constantinople (settlement)

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The capital of the Byzantine Empire.

Names

  • Arabic: القسطنطينية = al-Qusṭanṭīniyya 1, 4, 6
  • Arabic: إصطنبول = Iṣṭanbūl 2, 7
  • Arabic: مدينة قيصر = Madīnat Qayṣar 3
  • Arabic: قسطنطينية = Qusṭanṭīniyya 5
  • Armenian: Բիւզանդիա = Biwzandia 8-10
  • Armenian: Ըստամբուլ = Ěstambul 11
  • Armenian: Ըստամպաւլ = Ěstampawl 12
  • Armenian: Ըստըմպաւլ = Ěstěmpawl 13
  • Armenian: Ըստըմպօլ = Ěstěmpōl 12, 14
  • Armenian: Ըստընբաւլ = Ěstěnbawl 15
  • Armenian: Իսլամպոլ = Islampol 9
  • Armenian: Կոստանդինուպաւլիս = Kostandinupawlis 10, 16
  • Armenian: Կոստանդինուպոլիս = Kostandinupolis 9
  • Armenian: Կոստանդնուպաւլիս = Kostandnupawlis 15, 17
  • Armenian: Կոստանդնուպօլիս = Kostandnupōlis 12
  • Armenian: Կոստանտինոյպաւլ = Kostantinoypawl 18
  • Armenian: Ստամբաւլ = Stambawl 11
  • Armenian: Ստամբուլ = Stambul 11
  • Armenian: Ստամպոլ = Stampol 9
  • Armenian: Ստամպօլ = Stampōl 17
  • Armenian: Ստըմբաւլ = Stěmbawl 16
  • Armenian: Ստըմպաւլ = Stěmpawl 19
  • Armenian: Ստըմպոլ = Stěmpol 8
  • Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολις, Κωνσταντίνου πόλεως, Κωνσταντίνου πόλει = Kōnstantinoupolis, Kōnstantinou poleōs, Kōnstantinou polei 20-21
  • Hebrew: קוסטנטינה = QWSṬNṬYNH 22
  • Persian: قسطنطنیه = Qusṭanṭinīya 23
  • Persian: استنبول = Istanbūl 24
  • Syriac: ܩܘܣܛܢܛܝܢܘܦܘܠܝܣ = QWSṬNṬYNWPWLYS 25
  • Syriac: ܒܘܙܢܛܝܐ = BWZNṬYʾ 26
  • Syriac: ܩܘܣܛܢܛܝܢܘܣ = QWSṬNṬYNWS 27

Temporal Data

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Event DescriptionDate
Event mentioned by Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. 1-2 before c. 1225c.1225877 A.H. / 14721995
Event mentioned by Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād. 3-4 before 843 CEc. 820-843 CE687 A.H. / 1288-9 CE1993
Event mentioned by Ibn Baṭṭūṭa. 5-7 before 1354 CE1354-1356early 1180 A.H. / 17661997
Event mentioned by Aṛak‘el Baghishets‘i. 8 before 1453late 15th C15561957
Event mentioned by Abraham Ankiwrats‘i. 9 before 1453late 15th C16171957
Event mentioned by Nersēs. 10 1480148014801958
Event mentioned by Dawit‘ Episkopos. 11 1453145314531958
Event mentioned by Martiros. 12 1480148014801958
Event mentioned by Awetik‘. 13 1475147514751958
Event mentioned by an Armenian scribe. 14 1464146414641958
Event mentioned by Yohanēs. 15 1457145714571958
Event mentioned by Pawghos. 16 1398139813981950
Event mentioned by Astuatsatur. 17 1449144914491955
Event mentioned by Amirdovlat‘ Amasiats‘i. 18 1459145914591958
Event mentioned by Step‘anos. 19 1464146414641958
Event mentioned by Laonikos Chalkokondyles. 20 before 14641464-1468mid-late 15th C2014
Event mentioned by Georgios Amiroutzes. 21 before 14701464-1470mid-late 15th C2014
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela 22 before c.1170c.117313th C1907
Events mentioned by Nāṣir-i Khusraw 23-24 c. 1050circa 106510th C Hijrī/16th C CE2001
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian 25-27 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār Ṣādr, 1995), (1) 162، 169، 186، 212، 216، 222، 261، 322، 345، 385، 477 (2) 43، 386، 394 (3) 61 (4) 4، 46، 258، 347، 393 [Arabic].
  • 2Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār Ṣādr, 1995), (1) 212 (4) 347 (5) 333 [Arabic].
  • 3Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād, Kitāb al-Fitan, edited by Suhayl Zakkār (Beirut: Dār al-Fikr, 1993), 248, 251 [Arabic].
    • Caesar, City of: Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād, The Book of Tribulations: The Syrian Muslim Apocalyptic Tradition, translated by David Cook (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2017), 232, 237 [English].
  • 4Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād, Kitāb al-Fitan, edited by Suhayl Zakkār (Beirut: Dār al-Fikr, 1993), 4, 213, 214, 246, 252, 257, 259, 261, 268, 274, 280, 281, 283, 284, 285, 287, 288, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 330, 332, 348, 349, 362, 379, 421 [Arabic].
    • Constantinople: Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād, The Book of Tribulations: The Syrian Muslim Apocalyptic Tradition, translated by David Cook (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2017), 5n, 196, 199, 218, 221, 226, 228, 230, 242, 244-9, 254, 261, 264, 275, 277, 280-1, 284, 286, 292, 294-5, 297, 303, 304-5, 306, 308, 311, 322–3, 325-7, 336, 353 [English].
  • 5Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūṭa: al-musammāt Tuḥfat al-niẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, edited by ʿAbd al-Hādī al-Tāzī (al-Ribāṭ: Akādīmiyyat al-Mamlaka al-Maghribiyya, 1417 H [1996-97]), 1:258, 306 [Arabic].
    • Constantinople: H. A. R. Gibb, C. F. Beckingham, and A. D. H. Bivar, trans., The Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, A.D. 1325-1354 (London: The Hakluyt Society, 1958-2000), I, 83, 124 [English].
  • 6Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūṭa: al-musammāt Tuḥfat al-niẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, edited by ʿAbd al-Hādī al-Tāzī (al-Ribāṭ: Akādīmiyyat al-Mamlaka al-Maghribiyya, 1417 H [1996-97]), 2:191, 224, 233-234, 240, 242, 246-251, 255-256 [Arabic].
    • Constantinople: H. A. R. Gibb, C. F. Beckingham, and A. D. H. Bivar, trans., The Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, A.D. 1325-1354 (London: The Hakluyt Society, 1958-2000), II, 446, 480, 488, 497, 498, 504-6, 511-12 [English].
  • 7Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūṭa: al-musammāt Tuḥfat al-niẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, edited by ʿAbd al-Hādī al-Tāzī (al-Ribāṭ: Akādīmiyyat al-Mamlaka al-Maghribiyya, 1417 H [1996-97]), 2:251, 255 [Arabic].
    • Aṣṭanbūl: H. A. R. Gibb, C. F. Beckingham, and A. D. H. Bivar, trans., The Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, A.D. 1325-1354 (London: The Hakluyt Society, 1958-2000), II, 508, 511 [English].
  • 8H.S. Anasyan, ed., Haykakan Aghbyurnerĕ Byuzandiayi Ankman Masin (Yerevan: Haykakan SSṚ Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1957), pp. 64-77 [Armenian].
    • Biwzandia, Stəmpol: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1453 (no. 2) [English].
  • 9H.S. Anasyan, ed., Haykakan Aghbyurnerĕ Byuzandiayi Ankman Masin (Yerevan: Haykakan SSṚ Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1957), pp. 35-55 [Armenian].
    • Biwzandia, Islampol, Kostandinupolis, Stampol: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1453 (no. 3) [English].
  • 10L. 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].
    • Biwzandia, Kostandinupawlis: 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].
  • 11L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1958), no. 38 II: pp. 30-31 [Armenian].
    • Ǝstambul, Stambawl, Stambul: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1453 (no. 1) [English].
  • 12L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1958), no. 563a II: p. 441 [Armenian].
    • Ǝstampawl, Ǝstəmpōl, Kostandnupōlis: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1480 (no. 1) [English].
  • 13L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1958), no. 490 II: p. 389 [Armenian].
    • Ǝstəmpawl: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1475 (no. 8) [English].
  • 14L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1958), no. 260 II: p. 216 [Armenian].
    • Ǝstəmpōl: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1464 (no. 3) [English].
  • 15L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1958), no. 112 II: p. 81 [Armenian].
    • Ǝstənbawl, Kostandnupawlis: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1457 (no. 2) [English].
  • 16L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XIV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1950), nos. 779a-b pp. 622-623 [Armenian].
    • Kostandinupawlis, Stəmbawl: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1398 (no. 2) [English].
  • 17L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1955), no. 704 I: pp. 622-629 [Armenian].
    • Kostandnupawlis, Stampōl: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1449 (no. 1) [English].
  • 18L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1958), no. 153a II: p. 115 [Armenian].
    • Kostantinoypawl: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1459 (no. 1) [English].
  • 19L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1958), no. 256a II: p. 211 [Armenian].
    • Stəmpawl: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1464 (no. 1) [English].
  • 20Constantinople: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 6.4; 10.41 [Greek with English translation].
  • 21Constantinople: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 9.36 [Greek with English translation].
  • 22Constantinople: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 11, 17, 19, 20 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 23Constantinople: Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Nasir-i Khusraw's Book of Travels, ed. Wheeler M. Thackston (Costa Mesa, Calif.: Mazda, 2001), 14, 51, 55 [Persian with English translation].
  • 24Istanbul: Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Nasir-i Khusraw's Book of Travels, ed. Wheeler M. Thackston (Costa Mesa, Calif.: Mazda, 2001), 54 [Persian with English translation].
  • 25Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 57 [Syriac].
    • Constantinople: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 88, 146, 240, 260, 261, 265-268, 272, 273, 278, 279, 290-292, 294, 299, 306, 307, 309-311, 321, 369; II, 3, 22, 69-71, 79, 101, 102, 140, 142, 149, 153, 156, 160, 170, 171, 189, 191, 192, 200, 221, 235, 245, 256, 262, 269, 295, 305, 345, 351-353, 364, 374, 376, 401, 408, 414, 424, 445-447, 451, 478, 484-488, 502, 504, 506, 511, 520, 523; III, 26, 68, 75, 95, 118, 121, 129, 131, 136, 140, 166, 173, 176, 179, 180, 182, 183, 185, 189, 194, 195, 198, 207, 208, 212, 223, 230, 236, 245, 259, 267, 276, 277, 281, 282, 291, 297, 304, 316, 319, 326, 335, 343, 366, 368, 372, 389, 390, 407, 409, 473, 482 [French].
    • Constantinople: Michael the Syrian, The Chronicle of Michael the Great (The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex): Books XV–XXI From the Year 1050 to 1195 AD, ed. Amir Harrak (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2019), xv, xvi, xx–xxi, xxix, 20, 22, 24, 38, 44, 52, 60 & n.187, 64, 74, 78, 86, 94 & n.328, 12, 114, 124, 146, 160, 166, 168, 188, 216, 232, 248, 250, 258, 260, 278, 290, 304, 366, 378, 384, 390, 326, 328, 448, 458, 462 [Syriac with English translation].
  • 26Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 57 [Syriac].
    • Byzance: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 88, 151, 189, 240, 280; II, 240, 365, 486, 488 [French].
  • 27Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 748 [Syriac].
    • Constantinople: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), III, 440 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Constantinople” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified November 9, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/67.

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  • Evan Willford: place categorization; abstract; Syriac Gazetter matching; Wikipedia matching and GPS coordinates; and matching from Ibn Baṭṭūṭa's travel account
  • Jessica Mutter: categorization, matching, and Arabic name collection and transcription from Nuʿaym Ibn Ḥammād’s Kitāb al-Fitan and categorization, matching, and reconciling Harrak's pages from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: citation generation from Sanjian's Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts and categorization from Michael's chronicle
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