Najd - نجد
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The Najd is “conventionally defined as the plateau region of the Arabian peninsula lying to the east of the Red Sea lowlands (al-Tihāma [q.v.]) and the mountain barrier running down through the western side of the peninsula (al-Ḥid̲j̲āz [q.v.]).” 3
Names
- نجد1
- Najd
Place Type
region
Descriptions
“ثم رحلنا إلى ماء يعرف بالقارورة، وهي مصانع مملوءة بماء المطر مما صنعته زبيدة ابنة جعفر رحمها الله ونفعها وهذا الموضع هو وسط أرض نجد” 5
“ثم رحلنا من وادي العروس ودخلنا أرض نجد، وهو بسيط من الأرض على مد البصر” 4
See Also
Works Cited
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- 1 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 185, 186.
- 2 Ibn Jubayr, Riḥlat Ibn Jubayr, pp: 203, 204.
- 3 P. Bearman (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition
- 4 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 185.
- 5 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 186.
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- Ibn Battuta data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
- Ibn Battuta data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
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