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Nābil - نابل

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“Neapolis (modern Nabeul, Tunisia) is a coastal town on the Cap Bon peninsula that was founded by Greeks from Cyrene in the fifth century B.C.” 2

Names

  • نابل1
  • Nabeul
  • Nābil
  • Neapolis

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 36.44033754179989° Long. 10.718354249537311°2

Descriptions

“ثم تتصل ارض قلورية بارض انكبردة واول ذلك ارض ستورى ثم نواحى ملف ومدينة ملف اخصب بلدان انكبردة وافضلها واجلها حالا واكثرها يسارا واموالا، وتتصل ارض ملف بارض نابل وهى مدينة صالحة بحال دون ملف في كثير من الاحوال واكثر اموال نتبل من الكتان وثياب الكتان” 1
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad Ibn Ḥawqal, Kitāb al-masālik wa al-mamālik, pp: 135.
  • 2 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/315093," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places

How to Cite This Entry

Tobias Scheunchen, “Nābil - نابل ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5390.

Bibliography:

Tobias Scheunchen, “Nābil - نابل .” 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/5390.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Nābil - نابل

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, “Nābil - نابل ”

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 Ḥawqal data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Ibn Ḥawqal 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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