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
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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.

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.

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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