Hanj - هنج
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A city or region in southern Iran close to Lār and Bāl.
Names
- هنج1
- Hanj
Place Type
region
Location
- Coordinates
(representative):
- Lat. 26.680556° Long. 57.536944°
Descriptions
“ومن قراه العظيمة التي تضاهي المدن قرية ميمن، وهي للقاضي المذكور. ومن عجائب هذا الموضع المعروف بجمكان أن نصفه مما يلي شيراز وذلك مسافة اثني عشر فرسخاً شديد البرد وينزل فيه الثلج وأكثر شجره الجوز، والجزء الآخر مما يلي بلاد هنج وبال وبلاد اللار في طريق هرمز شديد الحر وفيه شجر النخيل.” 3
See Also
View in Google Maps
Works Cited
Any information without attribution has been created following the Syriaca.org editorial guidelines.
- 1 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 217.
- 2 Andrew Lookingbill and Ethan Russell (eds.), "https://goo.gl/maps/tYLfF4JnA69Kfs4G8," Google Maps
- 3 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 217.
How to Cite This Entry
Tobias Scheunchen, “Hanj - هنج
” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5299.
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Bibliography:
Tobias Scheunchen, “Hanj - هنج .” 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/5299.About this Entry
Entry Title: Hanj - هنج
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, “Hanj - هنج ”
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 Battuta data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
- Ibn Battuta 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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