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Oran - وهران

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“[T]he chief port of western Algeria (lat. 35° 45ʹ N., long. 0° 38ʹ W.). It is dominated by the Djebel Murdjadjo (400 m/1,312 feet) and sheltered within one of the large bays of the southwestern Mediterranean.” 2

Names

  • وهران
  • وهران مراس1
  • Oran
  • Orán
  • Ouahran
  • Wahrān

Place Type

region

Location

  • Coordinates (representative):
    • Lat. 35.69906° Long. -0.63588°3

Descriptions

“ومنها الى مدينة وهران مراس لا مدن لها مشهورة كمرسى عطا وليس به احد يسكنه وقصر الفلوس” 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: 52.
  • 2 P. Bearman (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition
  • 3 Marc Wick (ed.), "http://www.geonames.org/2485926/oran.html," GeoNames

How to Cite This Entry

“Oran - وهران ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5400.

Bibliography:

“Oran - وهران .” 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/5400.

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Entry Title: Oran - وهران

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
  • , entry contributor, “Oran - وهران ”

Additional Credit:

  • Additional research from Encyclopedia of Islam and the Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 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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