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Maysān (region)

URI https://medievalmideast.org/place/14336

An area with many villages between al-Baṣra and al-Wāsiṭ

Names

  • Arabic: ميسان = Maysān 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) 73، 294، 409، 431، 433، 516 (2) 295، 441 (3) 304 (4) 461، 489 (5) 88، 199، 242، 319، 321 [Arabic].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, “Maysān” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/14336.

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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