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.

    K

    Kairouan (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: al-Qayrawān "a holy city in modern Tunisia" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/290
    Kamākh (fortification) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Kemah "a fortress near the city of Erzerum, modern-day Turkey" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/291
    Kanaan (region) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: KanʿānURI: https://usaybia.net/place/292
    Karaj (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: al-KarajKaraj Abī Dulaf "a city in the Jibāl province of Persia" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/293
    Karak (fortification) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: al-Karak "a fortress situated to the east of the Dead Sea" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/294
    Karkh (quarter) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: al-Karkh "a district of Baghdad" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/295
    Karkh Guddan (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "ancient city near the modern Iraq-Iran border" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/296
    Kārūn (river) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Dujaylthe ‘small Tigris’ "river in Khuzestan" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/297
    Kashkar (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Kaskar "an ancient town on the west bank of the Tigris, opposite Wāsiṭ" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/298
    al-Kaʿbah (building) - [Syriac Not Available] "the Kaaba, Bayt Allāh (‘God’s House’)" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/289
    Khabūshān (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "town near Nishapur" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/299
    al-Khandaq (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: ‘the moat’‘the trench’ "a village near New Cairo (al-Qāhirah)" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/300
    Khānqāh al-Sumaysāṭī (quarter) - [Syriac Not Available] "in Damascus" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/301
    al-Kharibah (unknown) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: ‘the site of ruins’ "an unidentified Egyptian locality" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/302
    Kharmaythan (quarter) - [Syriac Not Available] "a district of Bukhara" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/303
    Kharpūt (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: HarpūtKharberdKharpertKhartabirt "a town north of the city of Diyarbakir, the modern the town of Elāzij in eastern Turkey" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/304
    al-Khaṭṭ (unknown) - [Syriac Not Available] "place in eastern Arabia famous for its lances" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/305
    Khātūn Mosque (mosque) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Masjid Khātūn "in Damascus" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/306
    al-Khawarnaq (building) - [Syriac Not Available] "legendary Sasanian palace in southern Iraq" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/307
    Khaybar (region) - [Syriac Not Available] "oasis c. 95 miles north of Medina" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/308
    al-Khayf (composite) - [Syriac Not Available] "name of several places in the Hijaz, including one at Minā near Mecca" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/309
    Khāzir (river) - [Syriac Not Available] "river between Irbil and Mosul" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/310
    Khilāṭ (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Ahlat "a town on the west bank of Lake Van in Asia Minor" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/311
    Khorasan (region) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Khurasan "the eastern part of Persia, including parts of what are today Central Asia and Afghanistan" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/312
    Khujanda (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "city in Transoxiana" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/313
    Khūnaj (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "town near Zanjān in Azerbaijan" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/314
    Khusrawshāh (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Khosrow Shahr "a small settlement west of Tabrīz in Persia" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/315
    Khuwayy (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "a town in Azerbaijan" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/316
    Khuzestan (province) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Khūzistān "a province in the southwest of Iran, between the Zagros mountains and the Persian Gulf" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/317
    Khwārazm (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: ChorasmiaKhivaKhuwārizmKhwārizmKhorezm "a city in the Xorazm province of present-day Uzbekistan; modern name Khiva" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/318
    Kirmān (province) - [Syriac Not Available] "a province of Persia, lying south of Khorasan" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/319
    Kirmānshāh (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: QarmīsīnURI: https://usaybia.net/place/320
    Knidos (island) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: CnidosURI: https://usaybia.net/place/321
    Kos (island) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: CosURI: https://usaybia.net/place/322
    Kufa (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: al-Kūfah "town in Iraq, near present-day Najaf" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/323
    al-Kūlam (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "a town in India, now the port of Quilon in Kerala" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/324
    Kūthā (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "place of a monastery near Baghdad" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/325

      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.