ʿAqabat al-Ṣuwwān - عقبة الصوان
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A mountainous region in north Jordan.
Names
- عقبة الصوان1
- ʿAqabat al-Ṣuwwān
Place Type
region
Descriptions
“ثم ارتحلتا الى معان، وهو آخر بلاد الشام، ونزلنا من عقبة الصوان الى الصحراء التي يقال فيها: داخلها مفقود وخارجها مولود.” 1
See Also
"فوهة جبل وقف الصوان" in WikipediaWorks Cited
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- 1 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 126.
How to Cite This Entry
Tobias Scheunchen, “ʿAqabat al-Ṣuwwān - عقبة الصوان
” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5547.
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Bibliography:
Tobias Scheunchen, “ʿAqabat al-Ṣuwwān - عقبة الصوان .” 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/5547.About this Entry
Entry Title: ʿAqabat al-Ṣuwwān - عقبة الصوان
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, “ʿAqabat al-Ṣuwwān - عقبة الصوان ”
Additional Credit:
- 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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