Nūqān - نوقان

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A city (madīna) in the district of Ṭūs close to the modern city of Mashhad.

Names

  • نوقان1
  • Nawqān
  • Nūqān

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 36.2946111111111° Long. 59.6224166666667°2

Descriptions

نوقان مدينة بطوس وقرية بنيسابور1
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Maqdisī, Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm, pp: 25.
  • 2 GeoHack, "http://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Nawqan&params=36_17_40.6_N_59_37_20.7_E_,"

How to Cite This Entry

Tobias Scheunchen, “Nūqān - نوقان ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5398.

Bibliography:

Tobias Scheunchen, “Nūqān - نوقان .” 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/5398.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Nūqān - نوقان

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, “Nūqān - نوقان

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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