Talk:Daysan River

Confusing - Past or present?

This article is confusing. It starts The Daysan River or Daisan River was the name of the river... and continues ... its present name of Daysan or Daisan .... So is this river still called by that name? Or is a name from antiquity for a river whose current equivalent is unknown? If the river still flows and still bears this name, I suggest that the article should be reworded as a geographical article beginning "The Daysan River or Daisan River is a river in ....", with a later ancient-history section. Unfortunately I can't find the river in Google maps or search. PamD 21:36, 13 August 2018 (UTC)

Tributary of Khabur?

The text describes Daysan River as the modern name of ancient Scirtas and a tributary of the Khabur River. This does not seem right. Maps indicate that the Daysan/Scirtus river is in fact a tributary of the Balikh River (ancient Belichas) much further west (and not part of the Khabur basin). Both the cities of Urfa (ancient Edessa) and Harran (ancient Carrhae) sit on the Daysan/Scirtus River. The Balikh/Belichas picks up the Daysan/Scirtus (merging at ancient Dabanas, modern Dibni). The Balikh/Belichas proceeds to enter the Euphrates at Raqqa (ancient Nicephorium/Callinicum). This river has nothing to do with the Khabur River (ancient Chaboras), which enters the Euphrates much further east at Circesium. It seems the text for this article is copied from a single rather old source (Smith's dictionary), and could be a simple mistake. I don't have RS confirming (only a few old maps), so would be grateful if someone with better sources could confirm/correct this. Walrasiad (talk) 17:04, 2 November 2023 (UTC)