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
See Also
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¶ms=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.
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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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