al-Ṣamān - الصمان
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Dry dessert plateau inhabited by Bedouin tribes.
Names
- الصمان1
- al-Ṣamān
Place Type
region
Descriptions
“vol. 2, p. 274: وأقولهم في مثل هذا كثيرة، والعرب ممن سلف وخلف في الجاهلية والإسلام يخبرون عن هذه الأرض كإخبارهم عن وادي الدو والصمان والدهناء ورمل يبرين وغيرها من الأرضين التي ينزلونها ويجتمعون عليها طلبا للماء والكلاء” 1
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Works Cited
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- 1 al-Masūdī, Murūj al-Dhahab, vol: 2, pp: 274.
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Tobias Scheunchen, “al-Ṣamān - الصمان
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Tobias Scheunchen, “al-Ṣamān - الصمان .” 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/5116.About this Entry
Entry Title: al-Ṣamān - الصمان
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-Ṣamān - الصمان ”
Additional Credit:
- 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
- Al-Masūdī data collection by Haya Al Thani
- Data merging and XML by William L. Potter
- Data merging and XML by David A. Michelson
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