ʿAththar - عثر
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ʿAththar; عثر; ʿAthr
The capital of the district and a seaport of importance. It was situated on the pilgrim road from Ṣanʿāʾ, between al-Had̲j̲ar (= Ḏj̲āzān) and Bayḍ, and is quoted already in the year 11/632 as belonging to the insurgent al-Aswad [q.v.].
فقالت الفقهاء المصر كل بلد جامع يقام فيه الحدود ويحله امير ويقوم بنفسه ويجمع رستاقه مثل عثر ونابلس وزوزن
location: 17.1359166666667 42.4454444444444
identifier: https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5552
identifier: http://syriaca.org/place/5552
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Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Maqdisī 9
Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition P. Bearman
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