al-Khawarnaq - الخورنق
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“In present-day Iraq, Ḵawarnaq is a place in the district al-Qādisiyya near the archeological site of al-Ḥira (q.v.) and the city of Najaf (q.v.), lat 31°48′ N, long 44°44′ E (according to http://www.maplandia.com, s.v. Khawarnaq; cf. also Salmān, maps 89-90).” 2
Names
- الخورنق1
- al-Khawarnaq
Place Type
settlement
Descriptions
“ثم تمتد ديار العرب على نواحى الكوفة والحيرة على الخورنق وعلى سواد الكوفة الى حد واسط” 1
See Also
Works Cited
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- 1 Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad Ibn Ḥawqal, Kitāb al-masālik wa al-mamālik, pp: 17.
- 2 Renate Würsch, "ḴAWARNAQ," Encyclopaedia Iranica, entry: ḴAWARNAQ.
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Tobias Scheunchen, “al-Khawarnaq - الخورنق .” 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/5054.About this Entry
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