Hajar - هَجَرُ

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A city in Najrān.

Names

  • هجر1
  • هَجَرُ
  • Hajar

Place Type

settlement

Descriptions

وقال ابن الحائك : الهجر بلغة حمير والعرب العاربة القرية، فمنها : هجر البحرين وهجر نجران وهجر جازان وهجر حصنة من مخلاف مازن؛ وهجر : مدينة وهي قاعدة البحرين، وربما قيل الهجر، بالألف واللام1
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    Works Cited

    Any information without attribution has been created following the Syriaca.org editorial guidelines.

    • 1 Shihāb al-Dīn Abū ʿAbdallāh al-Rūmī Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: 5, pp: 393.

    How to Cite This Entry

    Tobias Scheunchen, “Hajar - هَجَرُ ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5286.

    Bibliography:

    Tobias Scheunchen, “Hajar - هَجَرُ .” 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/5286.

    About this Entry

    Entry Title: Hajar - هَجَرُ

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    • 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, “Hajar - هَجَرُ

    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
    • Yaqūt b. ʿAbdallah al-Ḥamawī data collection by Saif al-Murikhi
    • Data merging and XML by William L. Potter
    • Data merging and XML by David A. Michelson

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