al-Rawḥāʾ - الروحاء

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A town located in the southwest of Mecca known for the well Biʾr Dhāt al-ʿIlm.

Names

  • الروحاء1
  • al-Rawḥāʾ

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 24.0836833° Long. 36.9195434°3

Descriptions

ثم رحلنا ونزلنا بالروحاء، وبها بئر تعرف ببئر ذات العلم. ويقال: إن علياً عليه السلام قاتل بها الجن.1
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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: 142.
  • 2 Ibn Jubayr, Riḥlat Ibn Jubayr, pp: 188.
  • 3 Andrew Lookingbill and Ethan Russell (eds.), "https://www.google.com/maps/search/الروحاء%E2%80%AD/@24.0836833,36.9195434,7z," Google Maps

How to Cite This Entry

Tobias Scheunchen, “al-Rawḥāʾ - الروحاء ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5104.

Bibliography:

Tobias Scheunchen, “al-Rawḥāʾ - الروحاء .” 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/5104.

About this Entry

Entry Title: al-Rawḥāʾ - الروحاء

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-Rawḥāʾ - الروحاء

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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