Mediterranean Sea (open water)
URI https://medievalmideast.org/place/2771
Names
- Arabic: بحر المغرب = Baḥr al-Maghrib 1
- Arabic: بحر أطرابلس = Baḥr Aṭrābulus 2
- Armenian: Արեւմտական Ծով = Arewmtakan Tsov 3
- Hebrew: ים ספרד = YM SPRD 4
- Hebrew: ים של ארץ ישראל = YM ShL ʾRṢ YŚRʾL 5
- Hebrew: הים הגדול = HYM HGDWL 6
- Hebrew: הים האחרון = HYM HʾḤRWN 7
- Latin: mare magnum 8
- Persian: دریای روم = Daryā-yi Rūm 9
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| Event Description | Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| before c. 1225 | c.1225 | 877 A.H. / 1472 | 1995 | |
| before 843 CE | c. 820-843 CE | 687 A.H. / 1288-9 CE | 1993 | |
| 1315 | 1315 | 1315 | 1950 | |
| before c.1170 | c.1173 | 13th C | 1907 | |
| c.1280 | c.1284 | 14th C | 1864 | |
| c. 1050 | circa 1065 | 10th C Hijrī/16th C CE | 2001 |
Sources
- 1Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār Ṣādr, 1995), (1) 345 [Arabic].
- 2Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād, Kitāb al-Fitan, edited by Suhayl Zakkār (Beirut: Dār al-Fikr, 1993), 431 [Arabic].
- Tripoli, Sea of: Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād, The Book of Tribulations: The Syrian Muslim Apocalyptic Tradition, translated by David Cook (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2017), 441 [English].
- 3L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XIV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1950), no. 151 pp. 114-115 [Armenian].
- Arewmtakan Cov: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1315 (no. 2) [English].
- 4Sea of Sepharad: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 20 [Hebrew with English translation].
- 5Sea of the Land of Israel: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 28 [Hebrew with English translation].
- 6Great Sea: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 31 [Hebrew with English translation].
- 7Uttermost Sea: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 46 [Hebrew with English translation].
- 8mare magnum: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), prol. 18, I 2. 5, II 1. 8. 14, VII 1 ter, IX 20, X 4, XI 2, XI 4. 6. 9. 12. [Latin].
- 9Mediterranean Sea: Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Nasir-i Khusraw's Book of Travels, ed. Wheeler M. Thackston (Costa Mesa, Calif.: Mazda, 2001), 53-54 [Persian with English translation].
How to Cite This Entry
Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Mediterranean Sea” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/2771.
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- Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; place categorization; matching and transliteration from Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī’s Muʿjam al-Buldān; categorization, matching, Armenian collection/transliteration from Sanjian's Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts; Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue; matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor; and matching from Nāṣir-i Khusraw's travelogue
- Jessica Mutter: categorization, matching, and Arabic name collection and transcription from Nuʿaym Ibn Ḥammād’s Kitāb al-Fitan
- McKenzie Cady: citation generation from Sanjian's Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts
- Liran Yadgar: categorization, matching, Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
- Margaret Gaida: categorization from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
- Mary Papadopoulos: categorization, matching, Persian collection and transliteration from Nāṣir-i Khusraw's travelogue