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Iṣṭakhr - اصطخر

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“Iṣṭak̲h̲r lies in 29° 50′ N. Lat. and about 53° E. Long., a short hour’s journey north of Persepolis, in the narrow valley of the Pulwar or Murg̲h̲āb (also called Sīwand-Rūd).” 2

Names

  • اصطخر1
  • Iṣṭakhr

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 29.980833° Long. 52.909444°3

Descriptions

“هراة خراسان ومدينة لاصطخر” 1
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Maqdisī, Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm, pp: 26.
  • 2 P. Bearman (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition
  • 3 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/922662," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places

How to Cite This Entry

“Iṣṭakhr - اصطخر ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5318.

Bibliography:

“Iṣṭakhr - اصطخر .” In The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, edited by Haya Al Thani, Saif al-Murikhi, Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn, Abdul Rahman Chamseddine, Mario Kozah and Thomas A. Carlson. Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute, 2020. Entry published January 10, 2020. https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5318.

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Entry Title: Iṣṭakhr - اصطخر

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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, Mario Kozah, and Thomas A. Carlson, editors, The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer
  • , entry contributor, “Iṣṭakhr - اصطخر ”

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
  • Al-Muqaddasī data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Al-Muqaddasī 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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