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 واللام” 1
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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.
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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 ”
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- 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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