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Baqīʿ al-Gharqad - بقيع الغرقد

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Baqīʿ al-Gharqad “is the oldest and the first Islamic cemetery of al-Madīna.” 2

Names

  • البقيع
  • بقيع الغرقد1
  • جنة البقيع
  • al-Baqīʿ
  • Baqīʿ al-Gharqad
  • Jannat al-Baqīʿ

Place Type

cemetery

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 24.4672192° Long. 39.6138277°3
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Ibn Jubayr, Riḥlat Ibn Jubayr, pp: 195, 196.
  • 2 P. Bearman (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition
  • 3 Andrew Lookingbill and Ethan Russell (eds.), "https://goo.gl/maps/MjZy3HVF2mNdD48c7," Google Maps

How to Cite This Entry

“Baqīʿ al-Gharqad - بقيع الغرقد ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5231.

Bibliography:

“Baqīʿ al-Gharqad - بقيع الغرقد .” 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/5231.

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Entry Title: Baqīʿ al-Gharqad - بقيع الغرقد

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, “Baqīʿ al-Gharqad - بقيع الغرقد ”

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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