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Khūr Fakkān - خور فكان

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A town in the historic region of ʿUmān.

Names

  • خورفكان1
  • خور فكان
  • Khawr Fakkān
  • Khor Fakkan
  • Khūr Fakkān

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 25.33132° Long. 56.34199°2

Descriptions

“ومن مدن عمان مدينة زكي لم أدخلها، وهي على ما ذكر لي، مدينة عظيمة منها القريات وشبا وكلبا وخورفكان وصحار، وكلها ذات أنهار وحدائق وأشجار ونخل، وأكثر هذه البلاد في عمالة هرمز.” 1
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 280.
  • 2 Marc Wick (ed.), "http://sws.geonames.org/291696," GeoNames

How to Cite This Entry

Tobias Scheunchen, “Khūr Fakkān - خور فكان ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5349.

Bibliography:

Tobias Scheunchen, “Khūr Fakkān - خور فكان .” 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/5349.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Khūr Fakkān - خور فكان

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, “Khūr Fakkān - خور فكان ”

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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