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al-Aḥqāf (region)

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A sandy area between ʿUmān and Mahra

Names

  • Arabic: الأحقاف = al-Aḥqāf 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) 115 (2) 138، 270، 357 (3) 229 (4) 96 (5) 442 [Arabic].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, “al-Aḥqāf” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/1390.

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
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