al-Ray
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“[T]he ancient Rag̲h̲ā, a city
in the old Persian region of Media, during Islamic times in the province of
D̲j̲ibāl (...). Its ruins may be seen about 5 miles south-southeast of Tehran
(...) to the south of a spur projecting from Elburz into the plain.” 4
Place Type
settlement
Location
Descriptions
“ذكر المتغلّبين على الملك بعد موت السلطان أبي سعيد (...) ومنهم حسن خواجه بن الدّمرطاش بن الجوبان، تغلب على تبريز والسلطانيّة وهمدان، وقمّ وقاشان والريّ ورامين وفرغان والكرج” 6
A city in northern Iran.
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"Rey, Iran" in WikipediaWorks Cited
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- 1 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/903104," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places
- 2 Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb al-Yaʿqūbī, Kitāb al-buldān, pp: 269.
- 3 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 240.
- 4 P. Bearman (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition
- 5 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/903104," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places
- 6 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 240.
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Thomas A. Carlson, “al-Ray.” 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/2970.About this Entry
Entry Title: al-Ray
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- Thomas A. Carlson, entry contributor, “al-Ray”
Additional Credit:
- 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 Battuta data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
- Ibn Battuta 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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