al-Aḥsāʾ - الأحْسَاءُ
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A body of water.
Names
- الأحساء1
- الأحْسَاءُ
- al-Aḥsāʾ
Place Type
open-water
Descriptions
“الأحساء [...] وهو الماء الذي تنشفه الأرض من الرمل، فإذا صار
إلى صلابة أمسكته، فتحفر العرب عنه الرمل فتستخرجه” 1
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Works Cited
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- 1 Shihāb al-Dīn Abū ʿAbdallāh al-Rūmī Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: 1, pp: 111-112.
How to Cite This Entry
Tobias Scheunchen, “al-Aḥsāʾ - الأحْسَاءُ
” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5008.
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Bibliography:
Tobias Scheunchen, “al-Aḥsāʾ - الأحْسَاءُ .” In The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, edited by Haya Al Thani, Saif al-Murikhi, Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn, Abdul Rahman Chamseddine, Mario Kozah and Thomas A. Carlson. Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute, 2020. Entry published January 10, 2020. https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5008.About this Entry
Entry Title: al-Aḥsāʾ - الأحْسَاءُ
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, Mario Kozah, and Thomas A. Carlson, editors, The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer
- Tobias Scheunchen, entry contributor, “al-Aḥsāʾ - الأحْسَاءُ ”
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- 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
- Yaqūt b. ʿAbdallah al-Ḥamawī data collection by Saif al-Murikhi
- Data merging and XML by William L. Potter
- Data merging and XML by David A. Michelson
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