al-Muzdalifa - المزدلفة

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An open area southeast of Mina and associated the ḥajj pilgrimage.

Names

  • المزدلفة1
  • مزدلفة2
  • al-Muzdalifa

Place Type

unknown

Location

  • Coordinates (representative):
    • Lat. 21.38611° Long. 39.91222°3

Descriptions

والمناسك كلها: منى وعرفة والمزدلفة4
ولما صلینا الصبح بمزدلفة غدونا منها الى منى بعد الوقوف والدعاء بالمشعر الحرام. ومزدلفة كلها موقف إلا وادي محسر، ففيه تقع الهرولة حتى يخرج عنه.#6
ووادي محسر هو الحد ما بين مزدلفة ومنى، ومزدلفة بسيط من الأرض فسيح بين جبلين5
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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: 145, 181, 183.
  • 2 Ibn Jubayr, Riḥlat Ibn Jubayr, pp: 169, 171, 172, 177.
  • 3 GeoHack, "https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Muzdalifah&params=21_23_10_N_39_54_44_E_type:landmark,"
  • 4 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 145.
  • 5 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 181.
  • 6 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 183.

How to Cite This Entry

Tobias Scheunchen, “al-Muzdalifa - المزدلفة ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5082.

Bibliography:

Tobias Scheunchen, “al-Muzdalifa - المزدلفة .” 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/5082.

About this Entry

Entry Title: al-Muzdalifa - المزدلفة

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-Muzdalifa - المزدلفة

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
  • 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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