Margiane (region)

URI https://medievalmideast.org/place/88

The region surrounding the city of Margiana in the area of modern Turkmenistan.

Names

  • Syriac: ܡܐܪܐܓܢܝ = MʾRʾGNY 1
  • Syriac: ܡܪܐܓܐܢܝ = MRʾGʾNY 2

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Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian 1-2 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 81 [Syriac].
    • Margiane: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 120; II, 424; III, 151, 153, 156, 172 [French].
  • 2Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 421 [Syriac].
    • Marâgânî: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), II, 424 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Margiane” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/88.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML and categorization, matching, Syriac collection and transliteration from Michael's chronicle
  • Evan Willford: place categorization; abstract; and Wikipedia matching
  • Jessica Mutter: categorization, matching from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: categorization from Michael's chronicle
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