al-Sitār - الستار

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A region (nāḥiya) in Bahrain containing more than one hundred villages.

Names

  • الستار1
  • al-Sitār

Place Type

settlement

Location

Descriptions

والستار : ناحية بالبحرين ذات قرى تزيد على مائة لبني امرىء القيس بن زيد مناة وأفناء سعد بن زيد مناة منها ثأج.1
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    Works Cited

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    • 1 Shihāb al-Dīn Abū ʿAbdallāh al-Rūmī Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: 3, pp: 188.

    How to Cite This Entry

    Tobias Scheunchen, “al-Sitār - الستار ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5567.

    Bibliography:

    Tobias Scheunchen, “al-Sitār - الستار .” 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/5567.

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    Entry Title: al-Sitār - الستار

    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, “al-Sitār - الستار

    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
    • Yaqūt b. ʿAbdallah al-Ḥamawī data collection by Saif al-Murikhi
    • Data merging and XML by William L. Potter
    • Data merging and XML by David A. Michelson

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