al-Ṣanamayn - الصنمين
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A town in the south of Syria between Damascus and Darʿā.
Names
- الصنمين1
- al-Ṣanamayn
- Sanamen
Place Type
settlement
Location
- Coordinates
:
- Lat. 33.064974° Long. 36.187463°2
Descriptions
“ذكر ياقوت في معجم البلان أن أسمها: الزراعة، وأن موقعها بين حران وقلعة جعبر، وتعرف اليوم باسم أزرع، وهي جنوبي الصنمين تبعد عنها 15 ميلا.” 3
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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: 125.
- 2 Deutsches Archäologisches Institute, "http://gazetteer.dainst.org/place/2101258," iDAI.gazetteer
- 3 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: .
How to Cite This Entry
Tobias Scheunchen, “al-Ṣanamayn - الصنمين
” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5118.
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Bibliography:
Tobias Scheunchen, “al-Ṣanamayn - الصنمين .” 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/5118.About this Entry
Entry Title: al-Ṣanamayn - الصنمين
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-Ṣanamayn - الصنمين ”
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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