Tibet

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A mountainous region northeast of India and west of China.

Names

  • التبت3
  • تُبت2
  • al-Tubbat
  • Tibet1

Place Type

region

Descriptions

ومملكة الهند يدخل فيها السند وقشمير وطرف من التبت ومن دان بدينهم3

Attestation

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

تُبت2 2
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Works Cited

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  • 1 The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity, entry: Tibet.
  • 2 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: II, pp: 11.
  • 3 Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad Ibn Ḥawqal, Kitāb al-masālik wa al-mamālik, pp: 9.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Tibet” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/646.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Tibet.” 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/646.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Tibet

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, “Tibet

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 Ḥawqal data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Ibn Ḥawqal 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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