Sidon

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A coastal city between Beirut and Tyros.

Names

  • صَيْداء3
  • صيدان4
  • Sidon1, 2

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 33.56056° Long. 35.39806°1

Attestations

Attestation of name صيدان in the Kitāb al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa of Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn Rustah.

صيدان4 4

Attestation of name صَيْداء in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.

صَيْداء3 3
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Works Cited

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  • 1 The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, map: Map I A2.
  • 2 The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity, entry: Sidon.
  • 3 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: III, pp: 496.
  • 4 Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn Rustah, Kitāb al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa, pp: 84.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, “Sidon” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/187.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson, “Sidon.” In The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, edited by Haya Al Thani, Saif al-Murikhi, Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn, Abdul Rahman Chamseddine and Mario Kozah. Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute, 2020. Entry published January 10, 2020. https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/187.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Sidon

Authorial and Editorial Responsibility:

  • Haya Al Thani, general editor, Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute
  • Haya Al Thani, Saif al-Murikhi, Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn, Abdul Rahman Chamseddine, and Mario Kozah, editors, The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer
  • Thomas A. Carlson, entry contributor, “Sidon

Additional Credit:

  • Ibn Rusta data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Ibn Rusta data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
  • Data merging and XML by William L. Potter
  • Data merging and XML by David A. Michelson
  • Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
  • Ibn Rustah data correction and integration by Thomas A. Carlson

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