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Nizwā - نزوا

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A town southwest of Muscat.

Names

  • نزوا1
  • نزوى
  • Nizwā

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 22.912402° Long. 57.464563°2

Descriptions

“ووصلنا إلى قاعدة هذه البلاد وهي مدينة نزوا (وضبط اسمها بنون مفتوح وزاي مسكن وواو مفتوح)، مدينة في سفح جبل، تحف بها البساتين والأنهار.” 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: 279.
  • 2 Andrew Lookingbill and Ethan Russell (eds.), "https://goo.gl/maps/8Z2nTLZdHHCXZs3f7," Google Maps

How to Cite This Entry

Tobias Scheunchen, “Nizwā - نزوا ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5396.

Bibliography:

Tobias Scheunchen, “Nizwā - نزوا .” 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/5396.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Nizwā - نزوا

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, “Nizwā - نزوا ”

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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