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Amarnah
Amarnah (; ) or Amarine (), also referred to as Tal al-Amara, is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northern Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t .... Situated on the northern Manbij Plain, bordering the Jarabulus Plain's wetlands towards river Euphrates, the village is located about halfway between Jarabulus and the lower course of Sajur River, and about south of the Syria–Turkey border, border to the Turkish province of Gaziantep Province, Gaziantep. It is inhabited by Syrian Turkmen, Turkmen of the Barak (tribe), Barak tribe. According to British archaeologist David George Hogarth, who visited the region in the early 20th century, the village was founded by Turks. With 1,050 inhabitants, as per the 2004 census, Amarnah administratively belongs to Nahiya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayn Al-Bayda, Jarabulus
Ayn al-Bayda (; ) is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northern Syria. Situated on the northern Manbij Plain, about halfway between Jarabulus and the lower course of Sajur River, the village is located about west of river Euphrates and about south of the Syria–Turkey border, border to the Turkish province of Gaziantep Province, Gaziantep. With 1,111 inhabitants, as per the 2004 census, Ayn al-Bayda administratively belongs to Nahiya Jarabulus within Jarabulus District. It is inhabited by Syrian Turkmen, Turkmens of the Barak (tribe), Barak tribe. Nearby localities include Amarnah to the northeast, Mazaalah to the northwest, and Dabis, Syria, Dabis to the southwest. References {{AleppoSY-geo-stub Villages in Aleppo Governorate Turkmen settlements in Aleppo Governorate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Jamel
al-Jamel (; or ), alternatively spelled Shamil, is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northern Syria. Situated on the Jarabulus Plain's wetlands towards river Euphrates, the village is located to the south of Jarabulus, and about south of the border to the Turkish province of Gaziantep. It is inhabited by Turkmen of the Barak tribe. With 2,091 inhabitants, as per the 2004 census, al-Jamel administratively belongs to Nahiya Jarabulus within Jarabulus District. Nearby localities include Marma al-Hajar to the northwest, and Amarnah Amarnah (; ) or Amarine (), also referred to as Tal al-Amara, is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northern Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Leva ... to the south. References Populated places on the Euphrates River Turkmen settlements in Aleppo Governorate {{AleppoSY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nahiya Jarabulus
Jarabulus Subdistrict () is a nahiyah, subdistrict of Jarabulus District in Aleppo Governorate of northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Jarabulus. At the 2004 census, the subdistrict had a population of 41,575. Cities, towns and villages References Jarabulus District Subdistricts of Aleppo Governorate, Jarabulus {{AleppoSY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, two United Nations General Assembly observers#Current non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and ten other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and one UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (15 states, of which there are six UN member states, one UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and eight de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (two states, both in associated state, free association with New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphrates
The Euphrates ( ; see #Etymology, below) is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of West Asia. Tigris–Euphrates river system, Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia (). Originating in Turkey, the Euphrates flows through Syria and Iraq to join the Tigris in the Shatt al-Arab in Iraq, which empties into the Persian Gulf. The Euphrates is the List of longest rivers of Asia, fifteenth-longest river in Asia and the longest in West Asia, at about , with a drainage area of that covers six countries. Etymology The term ''Euphrates'' derives from the Koine Greek, Greek ''Euphrátēs'' (), adapted from , itself from . The Elamite name is ultimately derived from cuneiform 𒌓𒄒𒉣; read as ''Buranun'' in Sumerian language, Sumerian and ''Purattu'' in Akkadian language, Akkadian; many cuneiform signs have a Sumerian pronunciation and an Akkadian pronunciation, taken from a Sumerian word and an Akkadian word that mean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David George Hogarth
David George Hogarth (23 May 1862 – 6 November 1927), also known as D. G. Hogarth, was a British orientalist archaeologist and scholar associated with T. E. Lawrence and Arthur Evans. He was Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford from 1909 to 1927. Hogarth was commissioned into the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during the First World War and served with the Naval Intelligence Division. During 1916, he was the acting director of the Arab Bureau, and was later responsible for delivering the Hogarth message. Early life and education D. G. Hogarth was the son of Reverend George Hogarth, Vicar of Barton-upon-Humber, and Jane Elizabeth (Uppleby) Hogarth. He had a sister three years younger, Janet E. Courtney, an author and feminist. In one of his autobiographical works, Hogarth claimed to be an antiquary who was made so, rather than born to it. He said, "nothing disposed me to my trade in early years." Those years included a secondary education, 1876–1880, at Winchester Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barak (tribe)
Barak, commonly referred to as Barak Turkmens (), is a Turkoman tribe that mainly originates in the Barak Plain () in the southeastern portion of the province of Gaziantep in south-central Turkey. Etymology The term ''Barak'' is popularly thought to mean some kind of a dog, regularly connoting an insult towards the tribe. According to the 19th-century Turkish-French dictionary compiled by the Ottoman-Armenian linguist Artin Hindoğlu, ''barak'' meant "dog", specifically barbet. According to Encyclopædia Iranica, it means "hairless dog" in Kipchak Turkic, while other sources conversely associate it with a "long-haired dog". In the old Turkic calendar, Barak was the name of the dog year. Itbarak or just Barak was a dog-headed manly creature mentioned in Oghuz Khagan Narratives. According to Sevan Nişanyan, "barak" means fast-running and raider. The Baraks are homonymous with various other tribes and clans of Turkic peoples: A clan within the Adigine tribe of Kyrgyz, a clan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syrian Turkmen
Syrian Turkmen, also called Syrian Turks or Syrian Turkish people (; ) are Syrian citizens of Turkish origin who mainly trace their roots to Anatolia (i.e. modern Turkey). Turkish-speaking Syrian Turkmen make up the third largest ethnic group in the country, after the Arabs and Kurds respectively.. The majority of Syrian Turkmen are the descendants of migrants who arrived in Syria during Ottoman rule (1516–1918);. however, there are also many Syrian Turkmen who are the descendants of earlier Turkish settlers that arrived during the Seljuk (1037–1194) and Mamluk (1250–1517) periods. Some estimates indicate that if Arabized Turkmen (those who no longer speak Turkish as their main language) are taken into account, they form the second-largest group in the country.. The majority of Syrian Turkmen are Sunni Muslims. Syrian Turkmen share common genealogical and linguistic ties with the Turkish people in Turkey and Iraqi Turkmen, but do not identify themselves with the Tur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaziantep Province
Gaziantep Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in south-central Turkey. It is located in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in the Mediterranean Region, Turkey, Mediterranean Region. Its area is 6,803 km2, and its population is 2,154,051 (2022). Its capital is the city of Gaziantep. It neighbours Adıyaman Province, Adıyaman to the northeast, Şanlıurfa Province, Şanlıurfa to the east, Syria and Kilis Province, Kilis to the south, Hatay Province, Hatay to the southwest, Osmaniye Province, Osmaniye to the west and Kahramanmaraş Province, Kahramanmaraş to the northwest. An important trading center since ancient times, the province is also one of Turkey's major manufacturing zones, and its agriculture is dominated by the cultivation of pistachio nuts. In ancient times, first under the power of Yamhad, then the Hittites and later the Assyrian people, Assyr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syria–Turkey Border
The border between the Syrian Arab Republic and the Republic of Turkey (; ) is long, and runs from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the tripoint with Iraq in the east. It runs across Upper Mesopotamia for some , crossing the Euphrates and reaching as far as the Tigris. Much of the border follows the Southern Turkish stretch of the Baghdad Railway, roughly along the 37th parallel between the 37th and 42nd eastern meridians. In the west, it almost surrounds the Turkish Hatay Province, partly following the course of the Orontes River and reaching the Mediterranean coast at the foot of Jebel Aqra. Description Since Turkey's 1939 appropriation of the Hatay State, the Syrian–Turkish border touches the Mediterranean coast at Ras al-Bassit, south of Mount Aqra (). Hatay province borders the Syrian Latakia and Idlib governorates. The westernmost (and southernmost) border crossing is at , some 3 km west of Yayladağı. The border reaches its southernmost point at , 2& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sajur River
The Sajur ( ; ) is a long river originating in Turkey and flowing into the Euphrates in Syria. It is the smallest of the three rivers joining the Euphrates in Syria, and the only one that joins the Euphrates on its western bank. Occupation in the Sajur basin started in the Lower Paleolithic, Lower Palaeolithic period and continues until today. Course The Sajur River is long, of which are in Turkey and in Syria. It is thought to originate in a place to the west of Gaziantep, called ''Sacır Başı'' in Turkish. Its name changes to ''Kavaklık deresi'' in the historic outskirts of Gaziantep, then to ''Alleben deresi'' in the old town, and later to ''Tabakhane deresi'' ( tannery stream). As it leaves the old town dirty, it becomes ''Kara Akar'' ( black-flowing), regaining its original name Sajur shortly after. From there, the Sajur flows southeast until it crosses the Syria–Turkey border. The river then continues in a roughly easterly direction until it joins the Euphrates on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarabulus
Jarabulus (, ALA-LC: , Syrian Arabic, Aleppo dialect: ; or ; ) is a Syrian city administratively belonging to Aleppo Governorate, under the de facto control of the Syrian Opposition. Jarabulus lies on the western bank of the Euphrates and north of Lake Assad, just south of the Syria–Turkey border and the Turkish town of Karkamış. In the 2004 census, the city had a population of 11,570. The population has increased significantly during the Syrian civil war. History In the Bronze and Iron Ages, the archaeological site lying just north of Jarabulus (half of which is now in Turkey) was called Karkemish, in Greek and Roman times the ancient name of the city was "Europos" (Εὐρωπός), which must have been at the origin of the modern form of the toponym Jerabis. The original 18th century form of the toponym seems to have been "Djerabis", but it was later found as "Djeraboolos" or "Djerablus", probably deriving from Hierapolis (modern-day Manbij, to the southwest). Being on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
