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Ascalon

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A coastal city north of Gaza.

Names

  • عسقلان4
  • عَسْقلان3
  • Ascalon1
  • Ashqelon
  • ʿAsqalān

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates (alternate):
    • Lat. 31.669994° Long. 34.54556°5
  • Coordinates (preferred):
    • Lat. 31.661963° Long. 34.546334°2

Descriptions

“عسقلان مدينة على ساحل فلسطين ومنبر ببلخ” 4

Attestation

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

عَسْقلان3 3
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Works Cited

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  • 1 The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, pp: 231.
  • 2 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/687839," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places
  • 3 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol: IV, pp: 137.
  • 4 Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Maqdisī, Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm, pp: 24.
  • 5 Roger Bagnall et al. (eds.), "https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/687839," Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Ascalon” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/674.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Ascalon.” 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/674.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Ascalon

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, “Ascalon”

Additional Credit:

  • Research on coordinates by Tobias Scheunchen
  • 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
  • Al-Muqaddasī data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Al-Muqaddasī 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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