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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
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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: 114.
  • 2 GeoHack, "https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?language=ar&pagename=وقعة_صفين&params=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.

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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