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al-Khurṣān

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A village of al-Baḥrayn known for the production of javelins.

Names

  • الخرصان1, 2
  • al-Khirṣān
  • al-Khurṣān

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates (representative):
    • Lat. 26.03333° Long. 50.55°
  • Within Beth Qaṭraye .

Descriptions

“الخرصان : [...] قرية بالبحرين سميت لبيع الرماح، كما سميت الرماح الخطية بالخط، وهو موضع بالبحرين أيضا.” 2

Attestation

Attestation of name الخرصان in the Kitāb al-buldān of Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Hamadhānī Ibn al-Faqīh.

الخرصان1, 2 1
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Hamadhānī Ibn al-Faqīh, Kitāb al-buldān, pp: 30.
  • 2 Shihāb al-Dīn Abū ʿAbdallāh al-Rūmī Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: 2, pp: 359.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “al-Khurṣān” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/2887.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “al-Khurṣān.” 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/2887.

About this Entry

Entry Title: al-Khurṣān

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 and Tobias Scheunchen, entry contributors, “al-Khurṣān”

Additional Credit:

  • Data correction and integration from Ibn Battuta, al-Bakri, al-Tabari, Nasir Khusraw, Ibn Jubayr, Isho’yahb III, Al-Muqaddasī, Ibn Ḥawqal, Al-Masūdī, Yāqūt b. ʿAbdallāh al-Ḥamawī by Tobias Scheunchen
  • Ibn al-Faqīh data collection by Saif al-Murikhi
  • Data merging and XML by William L. Potter
  • Data merging and XML by David A. Michelson
  • Yaqūt b. ʿAbdallah al-Ḥamawī data collection by Saif al-Murikhi
  • Data merging, Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
  • Ibn al-Faqīh data correction and integration by Thomas A. Carlson

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