Tauris
- Ancient name
- Tauris
- Modern name
- Tabriz
- Modern country
- Iran
- Coordinates
- 38.5, 46.5
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364095
Tauris—now the city of Tabriz, Iran—was a Silk Road nexus that served as the capital of several states in the later Middle Ages, including the post-Mongol Ilkhanate and the Qara Qoyunlu. It was sacked by Timur in 1392 and incorporated as the capital of the Safavid empire in 1502. Note that the city of Tauris as it appears on the Sfera maps is different from the Taurus Mountains (Monte Tauro).
The toponym Tauris appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location M073
Variant spellings of Tauris in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| Cipta del thauri | Luc2 |
| citta del tauri | Med1 |
| tanaris | Fn12 |
| tariri | Vat2 |
| tau[r]i cita | Ashb3 |
| Tauri | Cors2, Cs1, Par3 |
| tauri | Fn3, Laur3, Magl2, Pnc5 |
| tauri cita | Med3 |
| tauri citta | Wie1 |
| tauris | Ashb4, Bal, Barb3, Barb4, Bos, Chig2, Con4, Fn9, Laur5, Med1, Par1, Ricc11, Ricc12, Ricc15, Ro2, To2, Urb1 |
| Tauris | BL01, Fo, NB, New, Parm2, Pnc4, Ricc14, Ricc6, Vat3 |
| tauro | ME2 |
| TAVRIS | Fn8 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Tauris.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/tauris/.