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Circesium (classical Syriac: ܩܪܩܣܝܢ Qerqesīn,
Ancient Gr****: 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...
- 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...
- 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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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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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...
- 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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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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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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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 Ammi****...
