Nablus - نابلس

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A city of Palestine located between Mt. Gerizim and Mt. Ebal.

Names

  • نابلس1
  • Nablus
  • Nāblus

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 32.220859° Long. 35.262892°2

Descriptions

فقالت الفقهاء المصر كل بلد جامع يقام فيه الحدود ويحله امير ويقوم بنفسه ويجمع رستاقه مثل عثر ونابلس وزوزن1
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Maqdisī, Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm, pp: 9.
  • 2 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678301," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places

How to Cite This Entry

Tobias Scheunchen, “Nablus - نابلس ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5391.

Bibliography:

Tobias Scheunchen, “Nablus - نابلس .” 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/5391.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Nablus - نابلس

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, “Nablus - نابلس

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
  • 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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