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Masyāf - مصياف

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A town and former fortress in central Syria.

Names

  • مصياد
  • مصياف1
  • Masyād
  • Masyāf

Place Type

fortification

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 35.0653° Long. 36.3406°2

Descriptions

“ثم سافرت منها، فمررت بحصن القدموس، (وضبط اسمه بفتح القاف وإسكان الدال المهمل وضم الميم وآخره سين مهمل)، ثم بحصن المينقة، (وضبط اسمه بفتح الميم وإسكان الياء وفتح النون والقاف)، ثم بحصن العلّيقة، (واسمه على لفظ واحدة العلّيق)، ثم بحصن مصياف (وصاده مهملة)” 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: 93.
  • 2 Deutsches Archäologisches Institute, "http://gazetteer.dainst.org/place/2298647," iDAI.gazetteer

How to Cite This Entry

Tobias Scheunchen, “Masyāf - مصياف ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5382.

Bibliography:

Tobias Scheunchen, “Masyāf - مصياف .” 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/5382.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Masyāf - مصياف

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, “Masyāf - مصياف ”

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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