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Zurʿa - زرعة

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A town part of the Ḥaurān region in southern Syria.

Names

  • أزرع
  • زرعة1
  • Azraʿ
  • Zurʿa

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 32.8706° Long. 36.25453°2

Descriptions

“ثم ارتحلنا منها إلى بلدة زرعة وهي صغيرة من بلاد حوران نزلنا بالقرب منها ثم ارتحلنا إلى مدينة بصرى، وهي صغيرة ” 1
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Works Cited

Any information without attribution has been created following the Syriaca.org editorial guidelines.

  • 1 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 125.
  • 2 Deutsches Archäologisches Institute, "http://gazetteer.dainst.org/place/2282919," iDAI.gazetteer

How to Cite This Entry

Tobias Scheunchen, “Zurʿa - زرعة ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5538.

Bibliography:

Tobias Scheunchen, “Zurʿa - زرعة .” 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/5538.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Zurʿa - زرعة

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, “Zurʿa - زرعة ”

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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