Sīnāʾ - سيناء
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The peninsula in between the Gulf of Suez, the Red Sea, and the Gulf of ʿAqaba.
Names
- سيناء1
- Sinai
- Sīnāʾ
Place Type
region
Location
- Coordinates
(representative):
- Lat. 29.5° Long. 34.0°2
Descriptions
“الرمال: يقصد بالرمال: شبه جزيرة سيناء.” 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: 72.
- 2 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/746813," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places
- 3 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 72.
How to Cite This Entry
Tobias Scheunchen, “Sīnāʾ - سيناء
” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5473.
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Bibliography:
Tobias Scheunchen, “Sīnāʾ - سيناء .” 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/5473.About this Entry
Entry Title: Sīnāʾ - سيناء
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, “Sīnāʾ - سيناء ”
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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