Saṭfūra - سطفورة
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A region (iqlīm) in the Maghrib.
Names
- سطفورة1
- Saṭfūra
Place Type
region
Descriptions
“واما سطفورة فاقليم ايضا على البحر جليل له ثلاث مدائن فاقربهن الى تونس أنبلونة ثم تنجة ثم بنزرت وهى مدينة على البحر خصيبة اصغر من سوسة في ذاته وعامل هذه البلاد ينزل في بنزرت وبها ثمار كثيرة وانهار سطفورة واسعة غزيرة والارتفاع بها” 1
See Also
Works Cited
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- 1 Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad Ibn Ḥawqal, Kitāb al-masālik wa al-mamālik, pp: 50.
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Tobias Scheunchen, “Saṭfūra - سطفورة
” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5454.
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Tobias Scheunchen, “Saṭfūra - سطفورة .” 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/5454.About this Entry
Entry Title: Saṭfūra - سطفورة
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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, “Saṭfūra - سطفورة ”
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
- Ibn Ḥawqal data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
- Ibn Ḥawqal 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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