Birtha
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Places

  • Birtha (Mesopotamia)
    Birtha (Mesopotamia)
    Birtha was an ancient fortress on the river Tigris, which was said to have been built by Alexander the Great. It would seem, from the description of Ammianus, to have resembled a modern fortification, flanked by bastions, and with its approaches defended by out-works. Shapur II here closed his...

    , on the Tigris, now at Tikrit, Iraq
  • Birtha (Commagene)
    Birtha (Commagene)
    Birtha was an ancient town on the east bank of the Euphrates, at the upper part of a reach of that river, which runs nearly north-south, and just below a sharp bend in the stream, where it follows that course after coming from a long reach flowing more from the west. This town has often been...

    , on the Euphrates, now at Birecik, Turkey
  • Birtha (Thapsacus)
    Birtha (Thapsacus)
    Birtha , was an ancient town to the southeast of Thapsacus, which Ptolemy places in 73° 40′ long., 35° 0′ lat. This place, the same as the Birtha of Hierocles, has been confounded by geographers with the town in the Commagene, which lies much further to the north....

    , near Thapsacus, location not precisely known
  • Birtha (Titular See)
    Birtha (Titular See)
    Birtha is presently the name of a Roman Catholic titular see in the former Roman province of Osrhaene, probably identical with modern Birejik on the left bank of the Euphrates, c. 62 miles west of Orfa , and 95 miles north of Aleppo...

    , a Titular See of the Roman Catholic Church

Other

  • Birtha (moth)
    Birtha (moth)
    Birtha is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.-References:*...

    , a moth genus
  • Birtha (band), an all-female hard rock band featuring Rosemary Butler
    Rosemary Butler
    Rosemary Butler began her career playing bass and singing in an all-girl band named the Ladybirds. The band appeared on several LA area television shows before opening for the Rolling Stones in 1964. She then joined all-female hard rock band Birtha who released two albums for Dunhill Records...

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