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al-Madāʾin
Location within modern-day Iraq
Al-Mada'in (Arabic: المدائن, al-Madāʾin; Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: מחוזא Māḥozā; lit. 'the cities')[1] was an ancient metropolis situated on the Tigris in what is now Iraq. It was located between the ancient royal centers of Ctesiphon and Seleucia, and was founded by the Sasanian Empire. The city's name was used by Arabs as a synonym for the Sasanian capital of Ctesiphon, in a tradition that continued after the Arab conquest of Iran.[2]
- ^ Jastrow, Marcus. "מָחוֹזָא". Dictionary of the Targumim, Talmud Babli, Yerushalmi, and Midrashic Literature. Cf. The Martyrdom and History of Blessed Simeon Bar Sabba'e, col. 810-811
- ^ Kröger 1993, pp. 446–448.