al-Falaj - الفلج

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A citadel situated a six days-journey from Hajar and an nine days-journey from Mecca.

Names

  • الفلج1
  • al-Falaj

Place Type

fortification

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    Works Cited

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    • 1 Abū ʿUbayd al-Bakrī, Kitāb al-Masālik wa al-mamālik, vol: 1, pp: 377.

    How to Cite This Entry

    Tobias Scheunchen, “al-Falaj - الفلج ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5027.

    Bibliography:

    Tobias Scheunchen, “al-Falaj - الفلج .” 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/5027.

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    Entry Title: al-Falaj - الفلج

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    • 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, “al-Falaj - الفلج

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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
    • al-Bakri 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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