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 والكلاء1
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    • 1 al-Masūdī, Murūj al-Dhahab, vol: 2, pp: 274.

    How to Cite This Entry

    Tobias Scheunchen, “al-Ṣamān - الصمان ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5116.

    Bibliography:

    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.

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    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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