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Qaymūn (fortification)

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A castle near al-Ramla in Filasṭīn

Names

  • Arabic: قيمون = Qaymūn 1
  • Latin: Caymon 2
  • Latin: Cayn mons 3

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Event mentioned by Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. 1 before c. 1225c.1225877 A.H. / 14721995
Events mentioned by Burchard of Mount Sion 2-3 c.1280c.128414th C1864

Sources

  • 1Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār Ṣādr, 1995), (4) 424 [Arabic].
  • 2Caymon: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), VII 2 [Latin].
  • 3Cayn mons: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), VII 1. 2. 3. 5, XI 8. [Latin].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, McKenzie Cady, and Margaret Gaida, “Qaymūn” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/12285.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; place categorization; abstract; matching and transliteration from Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī’s Muʿjam al-Buldān; and matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
  • McKenzie Cady: assistance with Arabic translation of names from Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī’s Muʿjam al-Buldān
  • Margaret Gaida: categorization from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
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