Ṭaraṭūs (settlement)

URI https://medievalmideast.org/place/9917

A town in Syria overlooking the sea, near al-Marqab and Acre

Names

  • Arabic: طرطوس = Ṭaraṭūs 1
  • Latin: Anteradum 2
  • Latin: taradensis 3
  • Latin: Tortosa 4-5
  • Latin: Tortost 6

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Event DescriptionDate
Event mentioned by Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. 1 before c. 1225c.1225877 A.H. / 14721995
Events mentioned by Burchard of Mount Sion 2, 4 c.1280c.128414th C1864
Events mentioned by Riccoldo da Montecroce 5 c. 1289c.129014th C1864
Events mentioned by Wilbrand of Oldenburg 3, 6 1211-1212c.122216th C1864

Sources

  • 1Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār Ṣādr, 1995), (4) 30 [Arabic].
  • 2Anteradum: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), I 2, II 23. 25-29, III 12, XII 6 bis, XIII 7. [Latin].
  • 3taradensis: Wilbrand of Oldenburg, Peregrinatio, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), I 10, 3. [Latin].
  • 4Tortosa: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), II 23. [Latin].
  • 5Tortosa: Riccoldo da Montecroce, Liber Peregrinationis, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), VII 8. [Latin].
  • 6Tortost: Wilbrand of Oldenburg, Peregrinatio, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), I 10, 1. [Latin].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson and Margaret Gaida, “Ṭaraṭūs” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/9917.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; place categorization; abstract; matching and transliteration from Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī’s Muʿjam al-Buldān; and matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
  • Margaret Gaida: categorization from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
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