Rābigh - رابغ
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A valley and ancient port city north of Mecca.
Names
- رابغ1
- Rābigh
- Rabigh
Place Type
valley
Location
- Coordinates
:
- Lat. 22.79856° Long. 39.03493°2
Descriptions
“ورحلنا من بدر إلى الصحراء المعروفة بقاع البزواء، وهي برية يضل بها الدليل، ويذهل عن خليله الخليل. مسيرة ثلاث وفي منتهاها وادي رابغ، يتكون فيه المطر غدراناً يبقى بها الماء زمانا طويلا، ومنه يحرم حجاج مصر والمغرب وهو دون الجحفة. ” 3
“وسرنا من رابغ ثلاثا إلى خليص#” 4
See Also
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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: 142, 143.
- 2 Marc Wick (ed.), "https://www.geonames.org/103035/rabigh.html," GeoNames
- 3 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 142.
- 4 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 143.
How to Cite This Entry
Tobias Scheunchen, “Rābigh - رابغ
” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5432.
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Bibliography:
Tobias Scheunchen, “Rābigh - رابغ .” 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/5432.About this Entry
Entry Title: Rābigh - رابغ
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, “Rābigh - رابغ ”
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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