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Toron de los Caballeros (settlement)

URI https://medievalmideast.org/place/17379

i.e. Latrun, a city in Palestine

Names

  • Hebrew: טורון די ליש גבללריש = ṬWRWN DY LYŚ GBLLRYŚ 1
  • Persian: خاتون = Khātūn 2

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Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela 1 before c.1170c.117313th C1907
Events mentioned by Nāṣir-i Khusraw 2 c. 1050circa 106510th C Hijrī/16th C CE2001

Sources

  • 1Toron de los Caballeros: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 42 (note) [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 2Khatun: Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Nasir-i Khusraw's Book of Travels, ed. Wheeler M. Thackston (Costa Mesa, Calif.: Mazda, 2001), 26 [Persian with English translation].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, Liran Yadgar, and Mary Papadopoulos, “Toron de los Caballeros” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/17379.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue; and matching from Nāṣir-i Khusraw's travelogue
  • Liran Yadgar: place categorization; abstract; and categorization, matching, Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
  • Mary Papadopoulos: categorization, matching, Persian collection and transliteration from Nāṣir-i Khusraw's travelogue
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