• Circesium (Classical Syriac: ܩܪܩܣܝܢ Qerqesīn, Ancient Greek: Κιρκήσιον), known in Arabic as al-Qarqisiya, was a Roman fortress city near the junction...
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  • Jazirah which particularly came from two cities along the Euphrates river, Circesium and Hīt. The tribes mustered a large army and marched against Emesa in...
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  • al-Kilabi, who was holed up in the Euphrates River fortress of Qarqisiya (Circesium), which was strategically located at the crossroads of Syria and Iraq...
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    him. The army followed the Euphrates downstream to the border city of Circesium and crossed the river Aboras (Khabur) with the help of a pontoon bridge...
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    Yaman coalitions. The Qays regrouped in the Euphrates river fortress of Circesium under Zufar ibn al-Harith al-Kilabi and moved to avenge their losses....
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    Ctesiphon, several detachments were immediately sent west to capture Circesium and Heet, both forts at the Byzantine border. Several fortified Persian...
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    After feigning a march further eastward, Julian's army turned south to Circesium at the confluence of the Abora (Khabur) and the Euphrates arriving at...
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    Zufar ibn al-Harith al-Kilabi, who took over the fortress of Qarqisiya (Circesium) in Upper Mesopotamia, from which he led the tribal opposition to the...
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    about 40 miles (64 km) from Nisibis, and flowed into the Euphrates at Circesium (Kerkesiah). Procopius speaks of it as a river of importance, and Ammianus...
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  • 238 Rome Praetorian Guard Gordian III Emperor of Rome February 20, 244 Circesium His own army Philip I the Arab Co-Emperors of Rome September 249 Verona...
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  • from the Christian Arab tribes which came of Jazirah that mainly from Circesium and Hīt and the tribes mustered a large army and marched to besiege Emesa...
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    Equites Primi Osrhoeni, Rasin. Praefectus legionis quartae Parthicae, Circesium. (an illegible command, possibly Legio III Parthica), Apatna. as well...
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  • angelica. February 20, 244 Gordian III, Roman emperor Possibly killed near Circesium by his troops January 26, 661 Ali ibn Abi Talib, first Shiite Imam and...
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    population of 6,199 in the 2004 census. The town was known by its Latin name, Circesium, under the Roman Empire. During the Syrian Civil War, the city was part...
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    fundata cum Persis). Leading his army back up the Euphrates, south of Circesium Philip erected a cenotaph in honor of Gordian III, but his ashes were...
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    Diocletian re-organized the Mesopotamian frontier and fortified the city of Circesium (Buseire, Syria) on the Euphrates. Maximian's campaigns were not proceeding...
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    from the Christians (some of whom were Arabs) of Jazirah, mainly from Circesium and Hīt, who mustered a large army and marched against Emesa, Abu Ubaidah's...
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    occupied with the wars against the Byzantines, where he was killed near Circesium. It is unclear whether Abu Ya'fur actually ruled the Lakhmids for a while...
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  • Afterward, Zufar set up headquarters in the Jaziran town of Qarqisiya (Circesium) and led the Qays against the Kalb, launching several raids against the...
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  • Mesopotamian frontier, and fortifies various locations including the city of Circesium (modern Busayrah) on the Euphrates. Around this time, he begins the construction...
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    Khosrow invaded the domains of the Byzantines; he avoided the fortress of Circesium, and instead approached Zenobia, where he made a lukewarm attempt to persuade...
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    had been previously identified, incorrectly, with the Classical city of Circesium, at the confluence of the Khabur River and the Euphrates. Between 1878...
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    lands: Antarsus, Laodice, Antioch, Mopsuhestia, Adana, Anazarbus, Tarsus, Circesium, Ḥamrtash, Antalya, al-Batira, al-Mira, Macri, Astroboli; and in the interior...
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  • Chosroes I. (A.D. 532), who, having marched three long days' journey from Circesium to Zenobia, along the course of the Euphrates, thence proceeded an equal...
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    al-Jazira, which came mostly from two cities along the Euphrates river, Circesium and Hīt. The tribes mustered a large army and marched against Emesa where...
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    opposition to the Umayyads from the fortified Jaziran town of Qarqisiya (Circesium), located near the confluence of the Euphrates and Khabur rivers. Between...
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  • Mesopotamian frontier, and fortifies various locations including the city of Circesium (modern Busayrah) on the Euphrates. Around this time, he begins the construction...
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    help from the Christian Arab tribes in Upper Mesopotamia, mainly from Circesium and Hīt, and they mustered a large army and besieged Emesa. However, the...
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    Some sources mention a cenotaph of the murdered emperor at Zaita, near Circesium of Osroene (some 400 km north of Misiche). The confusion of the sources...
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    Equites Primi Osrhoeni, Rasin. Praefectus legionis quartae Parthicae, Circesium. (an illegible command, possibly Legio III Parthica), Apatna. as well...
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