Abḥur - أبحر
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A port city located about 30 km north of Jeddah.
Names
- أبجر1
- أبحر
- Abḥur
- Obhor
- Ubhor
Place Type
settlement
Location
- Coordinates
:
- Lat. 21.738316° Long. 39.0818392°2
See Also
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Works Cited
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- 1 Ibn Jubayr, Riḥlat Ibn Jubayr, pp: 74.
- 2 Andrew Lookingbill and Ethan Russell (eds.), "https://goo.gl/maps/bNj8rSN33HTLag4j9," Google Maps
How to Cite This Entry
Tobias Scheunchen, “Abḥur - أبحر
” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5002.
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Bibliography:
Tobias Scheunchen, “Abḥur - أبحر .” 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/5002.About this Entry
Entry Title: Abḥur - أبحر
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
- Tobias Scheunchen, entry contributor, “Abḥur - أبحر ”
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
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