Qarah Aghaj - قرا أغاج
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A desert in the northeast of Iran.
Names
- قرا أغاج1
- قرهآغاج
- Qarah Aghaj
- Qarā Aghāj
Place Type
region
Descriptions
“ولمّا وصلنا الى مدينته كان غائبا عنها فأقمنا بها أيّاما ثم قدم فأكرمنا وأركبنا وزوّدنا، وانصرفنا على طريق قرا أغاج وقرا (بفتح القاف) تفسيره أسود (وأغاج بفتح الهمزة والغين المعجم وآخره جيم) تفسيره الخشب، وهي صحراء خضرة يسكنها التركمان.” 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: 296.
How to Cite This Entry
Tobias Scheunchen, “Qarah Aghaj - قرا أغاج
” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5411.
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Tobias Scheunchen, “Qarah Aghaj - قرا أغاج .” 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/5411.About this Entry
Entry Title: Qarah Aghaj - قرا أغاج
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- 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, “Qarah Aghaj - قرا أغاج ”
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- 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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