Akk

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The founder of Acre.

Names

  • Persian: عکّ = ʿAkk 1

Attributes

  • Male

Temporal Data

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Events mentioned by Nāṣir-i Khusraw1 c. 1050circa 106510th C Hijrī/16th C CE2001

Sources

  • 1Akk: Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Nasir-i Khusraw's Book of Travels, ed. Wheeler M. Thackston (Costa Mesa, Calif.: Mazda, 2001), 21 [Persian with English translation].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson and Mary Papadopoulos, “Akk” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/person/15132.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML and matching from Nāṣir-i Khusraw's travelogue
  • Mary Papadopoulos: abstract and gender assignment, matching, Persian collection and transliteration from Nāṣir-i Khusraw's travelogue
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