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
See Also
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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.
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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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