Maʿarrat al-Nuʿmān — ܡܥܪܝܐ ܢܥܡܢ
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“Maʿarrat al-Nuʿmān,
famous as the birthplace of the blind poet al-Maʿarrī [q.v.], is situated at
about 500 m. altitude, in lat. 35° 38′ N. and long. 36° 40′ E. Falling
within northern Phoenicia, two days’ journey to the south of Ḥalab or Aleppo
(70 km.), it is situated on the eastern fringe of a massif rich in
archaeological remains.” 7
Names
Place Type
settlement
Location
- Coordinates
:
- Lat. 35.6483° Long. 36.67693°8
Descriptions
“ثم سافرت إلى مدينة المعرّة، التي ينسب اليها الشاعر أبو العلاء المعري، وكثير سواه من الشعراء. قال ابن جزي: وإنما سميت بمعرة النعمان لأن النعمان بن بشير الأنصاري صاحب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم توفي له ولد أيام إمارته على حمص، فدفنه بالمعرة، فعرفت به. وكانت قبل ذلك تسمى ذات القصور. وقيل إن النعمان جبل مطلّ عليها سميت به.” 6
A city in northern Syria.
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"Maarrat al-Nu'man" in WikipediaWorks Cited
Any information without attribution has been created following the Syriaca.org editorial guidelines.
- 1 The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, pp: 24.
- 2 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, pp: 560.
- 3 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, pp: 519.
- 4 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, pp: 554.
- 5 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: V, pp: 182.
- 6 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 84, 664.
- 7 P. Bearman (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition
- 8 Deutsches Archäologisches Institute, "http://gazetteer.dainst.org/place/2043139," iDAI.gazetteer
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Thomas A. Carlson, “Maʿarrat al-Nuʿmān — ܡܥܪܝܐ
ܢܥܡܢ
” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/499.
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Thomas A. Carlson, “Maʿarrat al-Nuʿmān — ܡܥܪܝܐ ܢܥܡܢ .” 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/499.About this Entry
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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
- Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson