Qatar - قَطَرُ

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A village located in the region of al-Baḥrayn between al-ʿUqair and ʿUmān known for the production of textiles.

Names

  • قطر1
  • قَطَرُ
  • Qatar
  • Qaṭar

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates (representative):
    • Lat. 26.03333° Long. 50.55°
  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 25.59291° Long. 50.84189°
  • Within Beth Qaṭraye .

Descriptions

قال أبو منصور : في أعراض البحرين على سيف الخط بين عمان والعقير قرية يقال لها قطر وأحسب الثياب القطرية تنسب إليها1
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Works Cited

Any information without attribution has been created following the Syriaca.org editorial guidelines.

  • 1 Shihāb al-Dīn Abū ʿAbdallāh al-Rūmī Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: 4, pp: 373.

How to Cite This Entry

Tobias Scheunchen, “Qatar - قَطَرُ ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5415.

Bibliography:

Tobias Scheunchen, “Qatar - قَطَرُ .” 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/5415.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Qatar - قَطَرُ

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, “Qatar - قَطَرُ

Additional Credit:

  • 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
  • Yaqūt b. ʿAbdallah al-Ḥamawī data collection by Saif al-Murikhi
  • Data merging and XML by William L. Potter
  • Data merging and XML by David A. Michelson

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