Aqūr - أقور
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A region (iqlīm) next to the region of al-Shām. “Ḏj̲azīrat Aḳūr or Iḳlīm Aḳūr, also briefly called al-Ḏj̲azīra, is the name given by the Arab geographers to the northern part of the land between the Euphrates and the Tigris.” 2
Names
- أقور1
- Aqūr
Place Type
region
Descriptions
“وقد قسمنا هذا الاقليم ست كور اولها من قبل اقور قنسرين ثم حمص ثم دمشق ثم الاردن ثم فلسطين ثم الشراة” 1
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Works Cited
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- 1 Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Maqdisī, Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm, pp: 154.
- 2 P. Bearman (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition
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