Zawīla - زويلة
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“The mediaeval Islamic capital of the Fazzān [q.v.], today south-western Libya (lat. 26° 11’ N., long. 15° 06’ E.).” 2
Names
- زويلة1
- Zawīla
Place Type
settlement
Descriptions
“ومفاوز البربر ايضا القاصية التي بين سجلماسة واودغشت واوليل ولمطة وفزان وزويلة الى ما وراء ذلك مما بينهم وبين البحر المحيط” 1
See Also
Works Cited
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- 1 Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad Ibn Ḥawqal, Kitāb al-masālik wa al-mamālik, pp: 287.
- 2 P. Bearman (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition
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“Zawīla - زويلة .” 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/5534.About this Entry
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Additional Credit:
- Additional research from Encyclopedia of Islam and the Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 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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