al-Ṣafrāʾ - الصفراء

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A valley southwest of Medina.

Names

  • الصفراء1
  • al-Ṣafrāʾ

Place Type

unknown

Location

  • Coordinates (representative):
    • Lat. 24.01277778° Long. 38.92277778°2

Descriptions

ثم رحلنا ونزلنا بالصفراء. وهو واد معمور، فيه ماء ونخل وبنيان، وقصر يسكنه الشّرفاء الحسنيون وسواهم، وفيها حصن كبير، ووتواليه حصون كثيرة وقرى متصلة،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 GeoHack, "https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?language=ar&pagename=وادي_الصفراء&params=24.01277778_N_38.92277778_E_globe:earth_type:landmark,"

How to Cite This Entry

Tobias Scheunchen, “al-Ṣafrāʾ - الصفراء ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5113.

Bibliography:

Tobias Scheunchen, “al-Ṣafrāʾ - الصفراء .” 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/5113.

About this Entry

Entry Title: al-Ṣafrāʾ - الصفراء

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-Ṣafrāʾ - الصفراء

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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