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Jordan Valley

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The valley which contains the Jordan River.

Names

  • الغَوْر2
  • غور الأردن
  • غور الشام3
  • Ghaur al-Shām
  • Ghaur al-Urdun
  • Ghawr al-Shām
  • Ghawr al-Urdun
  • Ghūr al-Shām
  • Ghūr al-Urdun
  • Jordan Valley1

Place Type

region

Descriptions

“فوقع إجماعهم على الخروج اليهم، وهم قبيلة واحدة يسمون الغورية. ويقال: إنهم ينسبون إلى غور الشام” 3

Attestation

Attestation of name الغَوْر in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.

الغَوْر2 2
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See Also

Works Cited

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  • 1 The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity, entry: Jordan valley.
  • 2 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: IV, pp: 245.
  • 3 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 390.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Jordan Valley” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/600.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Jordan Valley.” 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/600.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Jordan Valley

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
  • Thomas A. Carlson and Tobias Scheunchen, entry contributors, “Jordan Valley”

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
  • Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson

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