ʿAsfān - عسفان
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A town northwest of Mecca.
Names
- عسفان1
- Asfan
- ʿAsfān
Place Type
settlement
Location
- Coordinates
:
- Lat. 21.9000603° Long. 39.3109892°3
Descriptions
“ ثم رحلنا إلى عسفان وهي في بسيط من الأرض، بين جبال، وبها آبار ماء معين، تنسب إحداها إلى عثمان بن عفان رضي الله عنه. والمدرّج المنسوب إلى عثمان أيضا على مسافة نصف يوم من خليص” 4
“وفي هذا الركب الأسواق الحافلة والمرافق العظيمة وأنواع الأطعمة والفواكه وهم يسيرون باللّيل ويوقدون المشاعل أمام القطار والمحارات، فترى الأرض تتلألأ نورا والليل قد عاد نهارا ساطعا ثم رحلنا من بطن مرّ إلى عسفان، ثم إلى خليص ثم رحلنا أربع مراحل ونزلنا وادي السمك، ثم رحلنا خمسا ونزلنا في بدر” 5
See Also
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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: 143, 185.
- 2 Ibn Jubayr, Riḥlat Ibn Jubayr, pp: 184.
- 3 Andrew Lookingbill and Ethan Russell (eds.), "https://www.google.com/maps/place/Asfan+Saudi+Arabia/@21.9000603,39.3109892,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x15c19ee2f4f5a3e7:0x59be183140bf0904!8m2!3d21.9001621!4d39.3828571," Google Maps
- 4 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 143.
- 5 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 185.
How to Cite This Entry
Tobias Scheunchen, “ʿAsfān - عسفان
” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5550.
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Bibliography:
Tobias Scheunchen, “ʿAsfān - عسفان .” 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/5550.About this Entry
Entry Title: ʿAsfān - عسفان
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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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