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Ṭabarqa - طبرقة

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“Thabraca was a maritime city of Numidia located at the mouth of the river Tusca.” 2

Names

  • طبرقة1
  • Tabarca
  • Tabarka
  • Ṭabarqa
  • Thabraca
  • Ţabarqah
  • Θάθρακα
  • Табарка
  • 塔巴卡

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 36.957314° Long. 8.750981°2

Descriptions

“وطبرقة قرية على ساحل البحر وهى قرية وبئة وبها عقارب قاتلة نحو عقارب عسكر مكرم في حاء القتل وسرعته ومضى ومضاء المنية وقربها” 1
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad Ibn Ḥawqal, Kitāb al-masālik wa al-mamālik, pp: 50.
  • 2 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/315192," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places

How to Cite This Entry

Tobias Scheunchen, “Ṭabarqa - طبرقة ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5486.

Bibliography:

Tobias Scheunchen, “Ṭabarqa - طبرقة .” 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/5486.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Ṭabarqa - طبرقة

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, “Ṭabarqa - طبرقة ”

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 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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