al-Fayyūm (unknown)

URI https://medievalmideast.org/place/11474

In Egypt

Names

  • Arabic: الفيوم = al-Fayyūm 1
  • Arabic: الجوبة = al-Jawba 2
  • Hebrew: פיום = PYWM 3

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Event mentioned by Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. 1-2 before c. 1225c.1225877 A.H. / 14721995
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela 3 before c.1170c.117313th C1907

Sources

  • 1Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār Ṣādr, 1995), (1) 123، 219، 284، 509 (2) 470، 528 (3) 211، 261، 300، 328 (4) 260، 286، 374 (5) 9، 24، 216، 223 [Arabic].
  • 2Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār Ṣādr, 1995), (4) 286 [Arabic].
  • 3Fayum: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 97 [Hebrew with English translation].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson and Liran Yadgar, “al-Fayyūm” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/11474.

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  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; abstract; matching and transliteration from Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī’s Muʿjam al-Buldān; and Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
  • Liran Yadgar: categorization, matching, Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
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