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Arabia (region)

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A place

Names

  • Greek: Ἀραβίας, Ἀραβίᾳ, Ἀραβίαν = Arabias, Arabia, Arabian 1
  • Hebrew: ערב = ʿRB 2
  • Latin: Arabia 3-4
  • Syriac: ܐܪܒܝܐ = ʾRBYʾ 5

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Event mentioned by Laonikos Chalkokondyles. 1 before 14641464-1468mid-late 15th C2014
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela 2 before c.1170c.117313th C1907
Events mentioned by Burchard of Mount Sion 3 c.1280c.128414th C1864
Events mentioned by Riccoldo da Montecroce 4 c. 1289c.129014th C1864
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian 5 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Arabia: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 1.10; 3.13, 14, 18, 39, 41, 42 [Greek with English translation].
  • 2Arabia: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 57 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 3Arabia: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), I 2. 4 passim, VII 41-43, VIII 1. 3, IX 20, XI 3, XIII 8. [Latin].
  • 4Arabia: Riccoldo da Montecroce, Liber Peregrinationis, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), I 35. [Latin].
  • 5Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 9 [Syriac].
    • Arabie: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 18, 40, 131, 295; II, 240, 244, 365, 366, 370, 371, 401, 403, 417, 423, 424, 459; III, 353, 361, 376 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Arabia” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/15731.

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  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; place categorization; categorization, matching, Greek transliteration from Chalkokondyles' history; Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue; matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor; and categorization, matching, Syriac collection and transliteration from Michael's chronicle
  • Josh Kuch: categorization and Greek collection from Chalkokondyles' history
  • Liran Yadgar: categorization, matching, Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
  • Margaret Gaida: categorization from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
  • Jessica Mutter: categorization, matching from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: categorization from Michael's chronicle
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