Samīra - سميرة

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A town in northern Arabia south of Ḥāʾil.

Names

  • سميراء
  • سميرة1
  • Samīra
  • Sumayra
  • Sumayrāʾa

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 26.8° Long. 42.2°2
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Ibn Jubayr, Riḥlat Ibn Jubayr, pp: 205.
  • 2 GeoHack, "https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?language=ar&pagename=سميراء&params=26_48_N_42_12_E_type:city,"

How to Cite This Entry

Tobias Scheunchen, “Samīra - سميرة ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5450.

Bibliography:

Tobias Scheunchen, “Samīra - سميرة .” 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/5450.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Samīra - سميرة

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, “Samīra - سميرة

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 Jubayr data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Ibn Jubayr 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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