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Jazira (Iraq and Syria)

LC control no.sh 87000215
Geographic headingJazira (Iraq and Syria)
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Geographic subdivision usageJazira (Iraq and Syria)
Variant(s)al-Jazira (Iraq and Syria)
el-Jezire (Iraq and Syria)
Found inWork cat.: The Art of Syria and the Jazira, 1100-1250, c1985.
Americana (Jazira, steppe desert plain in Iraq)
Britannica Micro. (under Mesopotamia: al-Jazīrah, historical region)
Lippincott (Jazira, Al or al Jazira: region of Mesopotamia between the Tigris and the Euphrates, in NE Syria and NW Iraq, NW of Baghdad. Sometimes spelled El Jezireh or El Jezire)
Web. geog. (Jazira, Al-)