al-Ṭāʾif
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“[A] town in Arabia to the
south-east of Mecca which in the early days of Islam belonged to the T̲h̲aḳīf [...]
tribe. Today it is the fourth largest town in Saudi Arabia, located at a road junction
on the way from Mecca to al-Riyāḍ [...].” 4
Place Type
settlement
Location
- Coordinates
:
- Lat. 22.5° Long. 42.5°5
Descriptions
“وأهل الطائف يأتونه بالفواكه. ومن عادتهم أن كل من له بستان من النخيل والعنب والفرسك وهو الخوخ والتين وهم يسمونه الخمط يخرج منه العشر لهذا الرباط. ويوصلون ذلك إليه على جمالهم ومسيرة ما بين مكة والطائف يومان. ومن لم يف بذلك نقصت فواكهه في السنة الآتية وأصابتها الجوائح.” 8
“وعلى هذه الجبّانة طريق الصاعد إلى عرفات وطريق الذاهب إلى الطائف وإلى العراق.” 7
“وكل ما يفترق في البلاد من السلع، فيها اجتماعه. وتجلب لها الفواكه والخضر من الطائف ووادي نخلة وبطن مرّ، لطفا من الله بسكان حرمه الأمين ومجاوري بيته العتيق.” 6
A city near Mecca.
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"Ta'if" in WikipediaWorks Cited
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- 1 Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn Rustah, Kitāb al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa, pp: 57.
- 2 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 146, 156, 167.
- 3 Ibn Jubayr, Riḥlat Ibn Jubayr, pp: 110-122.
- 4 P. Bearman (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition
- 5 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/869702585," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places
- 6 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 146.
- 7 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 156.
- 8 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 167.
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Thomas A. Carlson, “al-Ṭāʾif.” In The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, edited by Haya Al Thani, Saif al-Murikhi, Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn, Abdul Rahman Chamseddine, Mario Kozah and Thomas A. Carlson. Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute, 2020. Entry published January 10, 2020. https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/2918.About this Entry
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- Additional research from Encyclopedia of Islam and the Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage by Tobias Scheunchen
- 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 Jubayr data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
- Ibn Jubayr data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
- Data merging and XML by William L. Potter
- Data merging and XML by David A. Michelson
- Ibn Battuta data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
- Ibn Battuta data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
- Ibn Rustah data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
- Ibn Rustah data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
- Data merging, Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
- Ibn Rustah data correction and integration by Thomas A. Carlson
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