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Alans

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  • Arabic: الآص = al-Āṣ 1
  • Greek: Ἀλανοὶ, Ἀλανοὺς = Alanoi, Alanous 2
  • Hebrew: אלן = ʾLN 3
  • Syriac: ܐ̈ܠܢܝܐ = ʾLΝYʾ 4

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Event mentioned by Ibn Baṭṭūṭa.1 before 1354 CE1354-1356early 1180 A.H. / 17661997
Event mentioned by Georgios Amiroutzes.2 before 14701464-1470mid-late 15th C2014
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela3 before c.1170c.117313th C1907
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian4 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūṭa: al-musammāt Tuḥfat al-niẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, edited by ʿAbd al-Hādī al-Tāzī (al-Ribāṭ: Akādīmiyyat al-Mamlaka al-Maghribiyya, 1417 H [1996-97]), 2:259 [Arabic].
    • Āṣ: H. A. R. Gibb, C. F. Beckingham, and A. D. H. Bivar, trans., The Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, A.D. 1325-1354 (London: The Hakluyt Society, 1958-2000), II, 516 [English].
  • 2Alans: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 9.35-36 [Greek with English translation].
  • 3Alans: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 62 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 4Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 10 [Syriac].
    • Alains: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 18, 31; II, 364 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Alans” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/person/13630.

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  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; matching, Arabic transliteration from Ibn Baṭṭūṭa's travel account; gender assignment, matching, Greek transliteration from Chalkokondyles' history; Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue; and matching, Syriac collection and transliteration from Michael's chronicle
  • Laurel Kenner: Wikipedia matching
  • Jessica Mutter: Arabic collection from Ibn Baṭṭūṭa's travel account and matching from Michael's chronicle
  • Josh Kuch: categorization and Greek collection from Chalkokondyles' history
  • Liran Yadgar: matching, Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
  • McKenzie Cady: categorization from Michael's chronicle
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