Semnān - سمنان

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A town 216 km east of Tehran.

Names

  • سمنان1
  • Semnān

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 35.57278° Long. 53.39722°2

Descriptions

وأكثر شجرها الفستق، ومنها يحمل إلى أرض العراق. وعضدهم أهل مدينة سمنان1
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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: 390.
  • 2 GeoHack, "https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Semnan,_Iran&params=35_34_22_N_53_23_50_E_region:IR_type:city,"

How to Cite This Entry

Tobias Scheunchen, “Semnān - سمنان ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5457.

Bibliography:

Tobias Scheunchen, “Semnān - سمنان .” 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/5457.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Semnān - سمنان

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, “Semnān - سمنان

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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