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Kābul

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A city between India and Sijistān.

Names

  • كابل2, 3
  • Kābul

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates (alternate):
    • Lat. 34.521818° Long. 69.18024°4
  • Coordinates (preferred):
    • Lat. 34.521818° Long. 69.18024°1

Descriptions

“واما غزنين فانها كورة جليلة وهى اسم القصبة ايضا ومن مدنها كرديس، سكاوند، نوه بردن، دمراخى، حش بارى، فرمل، سرهون، لجرا، خواست، زاوه، كاويل، كابل، لمغان، بودن، لهوكر، وناحية الشتان ولها ست منابر ابشين، اسبيجه، مستنك، شال، سكيرة، سيوه والف ومائة قرية وللكورة الفان ومائتا قرية.” 3
A city in the district (kūra) of Ghaznīn.

Attestation

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

كابل2, 3 2
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59885," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places
  • 2 Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn Rustah, Kitāb al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa, pp: 88.
  • 3 Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Maqdisī, Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm, pp: 297.
  • 4 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59885," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Kābul” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/2947.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Kābul.” 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/2947.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Kābul

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, “Kābul”

Additional Credit:

  • Research on coordinates 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
  • Al-Muqaddasī data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Al-Muqaddasī data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
  • Data merging and XML by William L. Potter
  • Data merging and XML by David A. Michelson
  • 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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