ʿAqabat al-Ayla - عقبة أيلة
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A city located at the Gulf of ʿAqaba.
Names
- عقبة أيلة1
- Aqaba
- Eilat
- ʿAqaba
- ʿAqabat al-Ayla
Place Type
settlement
Location
- Coordinates
:
- Lat. 29.532168° Long. 35.006343°3
Descriptions
“فلما وصل عقبة أيلة، لجأ إلى الحصن، وأقام به أعواماً إلى أن قصده أمراء الشام، واجتمعت عليه المماليك.” 4
“وأخبرت أن الوباء لم يزل معهم حتى وصلوا عقبة أيلة، فارتفع عنهم.” 5
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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: 126, 667.
- 2 Ibn Jubayr, Riḥlat Ibn Jubayr, pp: 72-73.
- 3 Deutsches Archäologisches Institute, "http://gazetteer.dainst.org/place/2289336," iDAI.gazetteer
- 4 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 126.
- 5 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 667.
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Bibliography:
Tobias Scheunchen, “ʿAqabat al-Ayla - عقبة أيلة .” 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/5544.About this Entry
Entry Title: ʿAqabat al-Ayla - عقبة أيلة
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- 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, “ʿAqabat al-Ayla - عقبة أيلة ”
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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