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4 years ago Island 1:
Ramath
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Type: island
Description: an island in Beth Qaṭraye
Reference: Scher, Chronicle of Seert 5.2, 312.
Note: Probably Failaka island. See M. Kozah, Introduction, in M. Kozah et al. (eds.), Beth Qaṭraye. A Lexical and Toponymical Survey, Piscataway: Gorgias Press (forthcoming).
Bibliography:
Scher, A. (ed.), Chronicle of Seert, tr. A. Scher et al., in Patrologia Orientalis 5.2 (1908), 217‒344.
M. Kozah et al. (eds.), Beth Qaṭraye. A Lexical and Toponymical Survey, Piscataway: Gorgias Press (forthcoming).
Contributors: Mario Kozah
Please place red pin on Failaka island Coordinates 29°26′20″N 48°20′00″E
Island 2:
Black Island
ܓܳܙܰܪܬܐ ܐܘܟܳܡܬܐ
Type: island
Description: an island in Beth Qaṭraye
Reference: Bedjan, Acta Martyrum i, 466, 486; Brock, Mar Yawnan 3, 17.
Note: Possibly the island of Kharg. See M. Kozah, Introduction, in M. Kozah et al. (eds.), Beth Qaṭraye. A Lexical and Toponymical Survey, Piscataway: Gorgias Press (forthcoming).
Bibliography:
Bedjan, P. (ed.), Acta Martyrum et Sanctorum: Tomus Primus, Leipzig 1890.
Brock, S.P., The History of Mar Yawnan, in M. Kozah et al. (eds.), An Anthology of Syriac Writers from Qatar in the Seventh Century, Piscataway 2015, 1–42.
M. Kozah et al. (eds.), Beth Qaṭraye. A Lexical and Toponymical Survey, Piscataway: Gorgias Press (forthcoming).
Contributors: Mario Kozah
Please place red pin on Kharg island Coordinates 29.235481°N 50.31°E
make a new records for Ramath/Failaka using the URI for Failaka from the Syriac World and add the information below to Kharg.