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Ṣīn-Kalān (settlement)

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The city of Canton

Names

  • Arabic: صين الصين = Ṣīn al-Ṣīn 1
  • Arabic: صين كلان = Ṣīn Kalān 2

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Event DescriptionDate
Event mentioned by Ibn Baṭṭūṭa. 1-2 before 1354 CE1354-135613561997

Sources

  • 1Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūṭa: al-musammāt Tuḥfat al-niẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, edited by ʿAbd al-Hādī al-Tāzī (al-Ribāṭ: Akādīmiyyat al-Mamlaka al-Maghribiyya, 1417 H [1996-97]), 4:46, 124, 134-139 [Arabic].
    • Ṣīn al-Ṣīn: H. A. R. Gibb, C. F. Beckingham, and A. D. H. Bivar, trans., The Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, A.D. 1325-1354 (London: The Hakluyt Society, 1958-2000), IV, 813, 888, 894-8 [English].
  • 2Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūṭa: al-musammāt Tuḥfat al-niẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, edited by ʿAbd al-Hādī al-Tāzī (al-Ribāṭ: Akādīmiyyat al-Mamlaka al-Maghribiyya, 1417 H [1996-97]), 4:46, 125, 137-139 [Arabic].
    • Ṣīn-Kalān: H. A. R. Gibb, C. F. Beckingham, and A. D. H. Bivar, trans., The Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, A.D. 1325-1354 (London: The Hakluyt Society, 1958-2000), IV, 813, 889, 895-8 [English].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, “Ṣīn-Kalān” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/19437.

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  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; place categorization; abstract; and categorization, matching, Arabic collection and transliteration from Ibn Baṭṭūṭa's travel account
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