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al-Sarāt - السراة

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“[T]he collective name, not particularly widespread, of the chains of mountains which run from the Gulf of ʿAḳaba down to the Gulf of Aden [...].” 2

Names

  • السراة1
  • السروات
  • al-Sarāt
  • al-Sarawāt

Place Type

mountain

Location

  • Coordinates (representative):
    • Lat. 18.267222222222° Long. 42.368055555556°3
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Ibn Jubayr, Riḥlat Ibn Jubayr, pp: 132.
  • 2 P. Bearman (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition
  • 3 GeoHack, "https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?language=ar&pagename=جبال_السروات&params=18.267222222222_N_42.368055555556_E_globe:earth_type:landmark,"

How to Cite This Entry

“al-Sarāt - السراة ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5119.

Bibliography:

“al-Sarāt - السراة .” 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/5119.

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Entry Title: al-Sarāt - السراة

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
  • , entry contributor, “al-Sarāt - السراة ”

Additional Credit:

  • Additional research from Encyclopedia of Islam and the Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 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 Jubayr data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Ibn Jubayr 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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