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al-Ḥawīzā - الحويزا

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A city located between Tustar and Baṣra in Khuzestan.

Names

  • الحويزا1
  • الحويزاء
  • الهويزة
  • هویزه‎
  • al-Ḥawīzā
  • al-Hawīza
  • al-Ḥawīzāʾ
  • Hawīza
  • Hawīzeh
  • Hoveyzeh
  • Hūzgān
  • Khūzgān

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 31.4619° Long. 48.074°2

Descriptions

“ثم سافرت إلى ماين، ثم إلى يزدخاص، ثم إلى كليل، ثم إلى كشك زر، ثم إلى أصبهان، ثم إلى تستر، ثم إلى الحويزا، ثم إلى البصرة#” 5
“ثم يافرتا منها الى الحويزاء بالزاي، وهي مدينة صغيرة يسكنها العجم، بينها وبين البصرة مسيرة أربع، وبينها وبين الكوفة مسيرة خمس” 4
“والحويزا على مسيرة ثلاث أيام من البصرة” 3
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 64, 228, 662.
  • 2 Marc Wick (ed.), "http://sws.geonames.org/130821," GeoNames
  • 3 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: .
  • 4 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 228.
  • 5 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 662.

How to Cite This Entry

Tobias Scheunchen, “al-Ḥawīzā - الحويزا ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5040.

Bibliography:

Tobias Scheunchen, “al-Ḥawīzā - الحويزا .” 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/5040.

About this Entry

Entry Title: al-Ḥawīzā - الحويزا

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, “al-Ḥawīzā - الحويزا ”

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 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

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