Ṣiffīn - صفين
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A town located at the Euphrates in the east of Syria and known for the historic Battle of Siffin.
Names
- صفين1
- Ṣiffīn
- Siffin
Place Type
settlement
Location
- Coordinates
:
- Lat. 35.95° Long. 39.0167°2
Descriptions
“ قال ابن جزي: ويقال: إن أويساً قتل بصفّين مع علي عليه السلام” 3
See Also
Works Cited
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- 1 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 114.
- 2 GeoHack, "https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?language=ar&pagename=وقعة_صفين¶ms=35.95_N_39.0167_E_globe:earth_type:landmark,"
- 3 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 114.
How to Cite This Entry
Tobias Scheunchen, “Ṣiffīn - صفين
” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5471.
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Bibliography:
Tobias Scheunchen, “Ṣiffīn - صفين .” 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/5471.About this Entry
Entry Title: Ṣiffīn - صفين
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, “Ṣiffīn - صفين ”
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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