Ṣahyūn - صهيون
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“[A] stronghold of the D̲j̲abal al-ʿAlawiyyīn (Nuṣayrī Mountains), situated about 25 km/15 miles north-east of the Syrian port of ¶ al-Lād̲h̲iḳiyya (Latakia), near the town of al-Ḥaffeh.” 2
Names
- صهيون1
- Ṣahyūn
- Zion
Place Type
settlement
Location
- Coordinates
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- Lat. 35.59593° Long. 36.05714°3
Descriptions
“ثم سافرت إلى مدينة صهيون، وهي حسنة، بها الأنهار المطردة، والأشجار المورقة، ولها قلعة جيّدة، وأميرها يعرف بالإبراهيمي، وقاضيها محي الدين الحمصي، وبخارجها زاوية في وسط بستان فيها الطعام للوارد والصادر وهي على قبر الصالح العابد عيسى البدوي رحمه الله وقد زرت قبره.#” 4
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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: 92.
- 2 P. Bearman (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition
- 3 Deutsches Archäologisches Institute, "http://gazetteer.dainst.org/place/2281725," iDAI.gazetteer
- 4 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 92.
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“Ṣahyūn - صهيون .” 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/5447.About this Entry
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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 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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