Socotra

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An island off the horn of Africa.

Names

  • سُقُطْرَى3
  • سقوطرة4
  • Socotra1, 2

Place Type

island

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 12.4805981° Long. 53.9293594°5

Attestations

Attestation of name سقوطرة in the Kitāb al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa of Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn Rustah.

سقوطرة4 4

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

سُقُطْرَى3 3
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Works Cited

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  • 1 The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, pp: 164.
  • 2 The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity, entry: Socotra.
  • 3 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: III, pp: 256.
  • 4 Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn Rustah, Kitāb al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa, pp: 87.
  • 5 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/39338," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, “Socotra” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/642.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson, “Socotra.” 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/642.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Socotra

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, entry contributor, “Socotra

Additional Credit:

  • Ibn Rustah data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Ibn Rustah 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
  • Ibn Rustah data correction and integration by Thomas A. Carlson

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