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Edessa (County)

LC control no.n 88254184
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingEdessa (County)
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Geographic subdivision usageEdessa (County)
Variant(s)Urfa Haclı Kontluğu
Edessa (Crusader state)
Urfa Kontluğu
Found inDemirkent, I. Urfa Haclı Kontluğu (1118-1146), 1987: p. 2 (Urfa Kontluğu, f. by Baudouin de Bologne, 1098) p. 157 (conquered 1146)
Encyc. Brit. 15th ed. micro. (under Crusades: the First Crusade est. crusader states at Edessa, Antioch, etc.) macro., v. 5, p. 301 (County of Edessa, an ill defined domain extending into the upper Euphrates; captured by the atabeg of Mosul in 1144)
Web. new geo. dict., 1984 (under Urfa: Christian county of Edessa, 1098-1144)
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