al-Najaf — ܢܓܦ

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A city on the Euphrates south of Baghdad.

Names

  • ܢܓܦ
  • ܢܰܓܦ2
  • النجف3, 7
  • النَجَف5
  • al-Najaf1, 4

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 32.02594° Long. 44.34625°8

Descriptions

ثم رحلنا منها فنزلنا مدينة مشهد علي بن أبي طالب رضي الله عنه بالنّجف،6

Attestation

Attestation of name النَجَف in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.

النَجَف5 5
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Works Cited

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  • 1 The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, pp: 198.
  • 2 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, pp: 539.
  • 3 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, pp: 507.
  • 4 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, pp: 554.
  • 5 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: V, pp: 313.
  • 6 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 188.
  • 7 Ibn Jubayr, Riḥlat Ibn Jubayr, pp: 210.
  • 8 Deutsches Archäologisches Institute, "http://gazetteer.dainst.org/place/2104369," iDAI.gazetteer

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “al-Najaf — ܢܓܦ ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/495.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “al-Najaf — ܢܓܦ .” 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/495.

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Entry Title: al-Najaf — ܢܓܦ

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-Najaf — ܢܓܦ

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
  • 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
  • Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson

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