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al-Zanqa - بلبونس

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“The large peninsula protuding into the Mediterranean Sea that constitutes the southern part of Greece. It is largely separated from mainland Greece on the north by the Corinthian Gulf, joining it only in the northeast via the narrow Isthmus of Corinth.” 2

Names

  • الزنقة1
  • بلبونس1
  • بيلوبونيز
  • al-Zanqa
  • Balbūnas
  • Bīlūbūnīz
  • Peloponnese
  • Peloponnesus

Place Type

region

Location

  • Coordinates (representative):
    • Lat. 37.253957640355225° Long. 22.31309202680187°2

Descriptions

“ثم بحر الروم وكيفيته في ذاته وشكله في نفسه وما عليه من الجانب الشرقى والمحاذى بلد المغرب ومدن قلورية والأنكبردة والزنقة المعروفة بلبونس والخليج الخارج من بحرالروم الى البحر المحيط ومياه بلد الروم واكابر انهاره ومدنه” 1
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad Ibn Ḥawqal, Kitāb al-masālik wa al-mamālik, pp: 8.
  • 2 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570577," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places

How to Cite This Entry

Tobias Scheunchen, “al-Zanqa - بلبونس ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5150.

Bibliography:

Tobias Scheunchen, “al-Zanqa - بلبونس .” 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/5150.

About this Entry

Entry Title: al-Zanqa - بلبونس

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-Zanqa - بلبونس ”

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 Ḥawqal data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Ibn Ḥawqal 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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