Bāb al-Mandab - باب المندب

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A strait between the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea.

Names

  • باب المندب
  • مندم1
  • Bāb al-Mandab

Place Type

open-water

Descriptions

ومندم على البحر عامرة بها يعتقل الريح المراكب قشفة1
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    Works Cited

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    • 1 Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Maqdisī, Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm, pp: 85.

    How to Cite This Entry

    Tobias Scheunchen, “Bāb al-Mandab - باب المندب ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5193.

    Bibliography:

    Tobias Scheunchen, “Bāb al-Mandab - باب المندب .” 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/5193.

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    Entry Title: Bāb al-Mandab - باب المندب

    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, “Bāb al-Mandab - باب المندب

    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-Muqaddasī data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
    • Al-Muqaddasī 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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