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al-Maghrib

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"The West", a region from Morocco to western Libya.

Names

  • المغرب1, 2
  • al-Maghrib
  • The West

Place Type

region

Descriptions

“فان قلنا المغرب فهو الاقليم” 2

Attestation

Attestation of name المغرب in the Kitāb al-buldān of Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb al-Yaʿqūbī.

المغرب1, 2 1
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb al-Yaʿqūbī, Kitāb al-buldān, pp: 237.
  • 2 Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Maqdisī, Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm, pp: 7.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “al-Maghrib” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/2965.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “al-Maghrib.” 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/2965.

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Entry Title: al-Maghrib

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  • 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-Maghrib”

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
  • 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
  • Yaʿqūbī data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Yaʿqūbī data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
  • Data merging, Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
  • al-Yaʿqūbī data correction and integration by Thomas A. Carlson

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