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al-Kathīb (settlement)

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A village in Bahrayn belonging to Banu Muharib b. 'Amr b. Wadi'a of 'Abd al-Qays

Names

  • Arabic: الكثيب = al-Kathīb 1

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Event mentioned by Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. 1 before c. 1225c.1225877 A.H. / 14721995

Sources

  • 1Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār Ṣādr, 1995), (1) 366، 392 (2) 430 (4) 121، 171، 438 (5) 259، 343 [Arabic].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson and McKenzie Cady, “al-Kathīb” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/12390.

Additional credit information:

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