ʿAdan - عدن
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A port city in Yemen.
Names
- عدن
- عدن1
- Aden
- ʿAdan
Place Type
settlement
Location
- Coordinates
:
- Lat. 12.77944° Long. 45.03667°3
Descriptions
“فذهبوا الى عدن، ومات بها وشل.” 4
“والخلع التي ساقها إنما اشتراها بعدن” 5
“وبين ظفار وعدن في البرّ مسيرة شهر في صحراء، وبينها وبين حضرموت ستة عشر يوماً، وبينها وبين عمان عشرون يوماً” 8
“وجامع صنعاء من أحسن الجوامع، وفيه قبر نبي من الأنبياء عليهم السلام. ثم سافرنا منها الى مدينة عدن، مرسى بلاد اليمن، على ساحل البحرالأعظم.” 6
“وسافرت من مدينة عدن في البحر أربعة أيام، ووصلت الى مدينة زيلع وهي مدينة البرابرة” 7
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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: 168, 171, 260, 261, 267.
- 2 Ibn Jubayr, Riḥlat Ibn Jubayr, pp: 170.
- 3 Deutsches Archäologisches Institute, "http://gazetteer.dainst.org/place/2287356," iDAI.gazetteer
- 4 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 168.
- 5 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 171.
- 6 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 260.
- 7 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 261.
- 8 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 267.
How to Cite This Entry
Tobias Scheunchen, “ʿAdan - عدن
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Bibliography:
Tobias Scheunchen, “ʿAdan - عدن .” 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/5542.About this Entry
Entry Title: ʿAdan - عدن
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- Haya Al Thani, Saif al-Murikhi, Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn, Abdul Rahman Chamseddine, and Mario Kozah, editors, The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer
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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
- Ibn Jubayr data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
- Ibn Jubayr 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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