Baḥr al-Qulzum - بحر القلزم

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A gulf west of the Sinai Peninsula demarcating the north end of the Red Sea.

Names

  • بحر القلزم1
  • خليج السويس
  • Baḥr al-Qulzum
  • Gulf of Suez
  • Khalīj al-Suways

Place Type

open-water

Location

  • Coordinates (representative):
    • Lat. 29.958988° Long. 32.567728°2
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Ibn Jubayr, Riḥlat Ibn Jubayr, pp: 59.
  • 2 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727101," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places

How to Cite This Entry

Tobias Scheunchen, “Baḥr al-Qulzum - بحر القلزم ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5221.

Bibliography:

Tobias Scheunchen, “Baḥr al-Qulzum - بحر القلزم .” 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/5221.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Baḥr al-Qulzum - بحر القلزم

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, “Baḥr al-Qulzum - بحر القلزم

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 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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