Index of Places

    Search Tips

    For best results, users are recommended to use the advanced search functions. Search results can also be improved by the use of the the following Boolean search characters:

    Wildcard Characters:

    Given the prevalence of variant spellings in names, using Wildcard Characters may help.

    "?" can be inserted as a variant for any single character.

    Thus a search for:

    G?wargis  
    returns results which contain either "Gewargis" or "Giwargis".

    Similarly a search for:

    M?r  
    returns results which contain either "Mar" or "Mor".

    "*" can be inserted as a variant for multiple characters or a truncated word.

    Thus a search for:

    Dayr*  
    returns results for "Dayr" and "Dayro" and more.

    Similarly a search for

    Ab*  
    returns results for "ʿAbdishoʿ" and "ʿAbda" and more.

    Note: Because the sources we quote use a variety of transliteration formats, Syriaca.org ignores diacritics and punctuation in searching; for example, use of "ʿ" is not required to find results with this diacritical mark.

    Fuzzy Search Character

    Appending the character "~" after a word returns results for words that are close but not exact matches.

    Thus a search for

    Aba~  
    returns results which contain "Aba" but also "Abi", "Saba", "Aha", and other words that are "fuzzy" matches for "Aba".

    Exact Phrase Searches

    To find an exact phrase, it should be enclosed in double quotes.

    Thus

    "ʿAbdishoʿ I"  
    returns only one result with that exact phrase, while several results are found for the words "ʿAbdishoʿ" and "I".

    Proximity Characters

    To find two or more words which occur within a specified range of each other, one can append the character "~" followed by a number to an "Exact Phrase" search. This allows one to search for two or more words that occur within a specified distance of each other as defined by number of words.

    Thus

    "Jacob+Bishop"~2  
    finds three results in which the words "Jacob" and "Bishop" occur within two words of each other: "Jacob , bishop of Nisibin", "Jacob, bishop of Phesilta", and "Jacob , bishop of ‛Ānah" while a simple search for "Jacob Bishop" returns many more results.

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    Dabarkī (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Divrigi "small town and district of Sivas Province in modern-day Turkey" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/147
    al-Dakhwāriyyah College (madrasa) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: al-Madrasah al-Dakhwāriyyah "medical school in Damascus" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/148
    Damascus (composite) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: DimashqJilliqal-Shāmwhich may also refer to Greater SyriaURI: https://usaybia.net/place/149
    Damascus Gate (building) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Bāb al-Shām "in Baghdad" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/150
    Damietta (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Dimyāṭ "a port in Egypt" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/151
    Daqūqāʾ (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "a town in the Jazīrah province of modern Iraq, on the main road between Baghdad and Mosul" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/152
    Dār al-Dhahab (madrasa) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Golden House "a law college (`madrasah`) in Baghdad" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/153
    Dār al-Ḥijārah (quarter) - [Syriac Not Available] "area in Damascus" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/154
    Dār al-Rūm (quarter) - [Syriac Not Available] "the Christian quarter of Baghdad" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/156
    Dār Ibn al-Zaʿfarānī (building) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: the House of Ibn al-Zaʿfarānī "in al-Ruhā" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/155
    Dārā (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "fortress town of northern Mesopotamia" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/157
    Darb al-Fālūdhaj (designated-space) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Sweetmeats Alley "in Baghdad" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/158
    Daybul (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "seaport of Sind" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/159
    Daylam (region) - [Syriac Not Available] "highlands in Iran close to the Caspian Sea, also the name of its people" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/160
    Dayr al-Jamājim (monastery) - [Syriac Not Available] "a Nestorian monastery in central Iraq" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/165
    Dayr al-Khandaq (monastery) - [Syriac Not Available] "monastery north of Cairo" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/166
    Dayr al-Quṣayr (monastery) - [Syriac Not Available] "the Monastery of Saint Arsenius near the town of Ṭurā, south of Cairo" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/168
    Dayr al-Sīq (monastery) - [Syriac Not Available] "monastery south of Jerusalem" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/169
    Dayr al-ʿAdhārā (monastery) - [Syriac Not Available] "a convent near the town of al-ʿAlth" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/162
    Dayr al-ʿAlth (monastery) - [Syriac Not Available] "a convent near the town of al-ʿAlth" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/163
    Dayr Banī l-Ṣaqr (unknown) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: al-Ītākhīyyahal-Muḥammadiyyah "unidentified locality not far from Baghdad or Sāmarrā" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/164
    Dayr Qunnā (monastery) - [Syriac Not Available] "a Nestorian monastery on the Tigris S. of Baghdad" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/167
    Delos (island) - [Syriac Not Available] "Greek island" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/170
    Dénia (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Dāniyah "town in al-Andalus" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/171
    Dezful (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "city in western Iran" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/172
    Dhāt al-Ajraʿ (natural-feature) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: the sandy tract "unidentified desert location" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/173
    Dhū Murār (unknown) - [Syriac Not Available] "unidentified place" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/174
    Dihistān (region) - [Syriac Not Available]URI: https://usaybia.net/place/175
    Diospolis (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "ancient city in Egypt" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/176
    Diyār Bakr (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Diyarbakır "city in Eastern Anatolia" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/177
    Diyār Muḍar (region) - [Syriac Not Available] "region in northern Mesopotamia" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/178
    Diyār Rabīʿah (unknown) - [Syriac Not Available]URI: https://usaybia.net/place/179
    Dorylaeum (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "ancient Greek city in Phrygia" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/180
    Dunaysir (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "town (now ruins) south-west of the city of Mārdīn in modern-day Turkey" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/181
    Dunbāwand (mountain) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Damāwand "a mountain in northern Persia" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/182
    Durtā (unknown) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Dayr Durtā "place of a monastery in Iraq" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/183

      Search Tips

      For best results, users are recommended to use the advanced search functions. Search results can also be improved by the use of the the following Boolean search characters:

      Wildcard Characters:

      Given the prevalence of variant spellings in names, using Wildcard Characters may help.

      "?" can be inserted as a variant for any single character.

      Thus a search for:

      G?wargis  
      returns results which contain either "Gewargis" or "Giwargis".

      Similarly a search for:

      M?r  
      returns results which contain either "Mar" or "Mor".

      "*" can be inserted as a variant for multiple characters or a truncated word.

      Thus a search for:

      Dayr*  
      returns results for "Dayr" and "Dayro" and more.

      Similarly a search for

      Ab*  
      returns results for "ʿAbdishoʿ" and "ʿAbda" and more.

      Note: Because the sources we quote use a variety of transliteration formats, Syriaca.org ignores diacritics and punctuation in searching; for example, use of "ʿ" is not required to find results with this diacritical mark.

      Fuzzy Search Character

      Appending the character "~" after a word returns results for words that are close but not exact matches.

      Thus a search for

      Aba~  
      returns results which contain "Aba" but also "Abi", "Saba", "Aha", and other words that are "fuzzy" matches for "Aba".

      Exact Phrase Searches

      To find an exact phrase, it should be enclosed in double quotes.

      Thus

      "ʿAbdishoʿ I"  
      returns only one result with that exact phrase, while several results are found for the words "ʿAbdishoʿ" and "I".

      Proximity Characters

      To find two or more words which occur within a specified range of each other, one can append the character "~" followed by a number to an "Exact Phrase" search. This allows one to search for two or more words that occur within a specified distance of each other as defined by number of words.

      Thus

      "Jacob+Bishop"~2  
      finds three results in which the words "Jacob" and "Bishop" occur within two words of each other: "Jacob , bishop of Nisibin", "Jacob, bishop of Phesilta", and "Jacob , bishop of ‛Ānah" while a simple search for "Jacob Bishop" returns many more results.