al-Basra (settlement)
URI https://medievalmideast.org/place/3206
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| Event Description | Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| before c. 1225 | c.1225 | 877 A.H. / 1472 | 1995 | |
| before c.1170 | c.1173 | 13th C | 1907 | |
| c. 1050 | circa 1065 | 10th C Hijrī/16th C CE | 2001 |
Sources
- 1Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār Ṣādr, 1995), (1) 420 [Arabic].
- 2Basra: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 73 [Hebrew with English translation].
- 3Basrah: Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Nasir-i Khusraw's Book of Travels, ed. Wheeler M. Thackston (Costa Mesa, Calif.: Mazda, 2001), 71 [Persian with English translation].
How to Cite This Entry
Thomas A. Carlson, Liran Yadgar, and Mary Papadopoulos, “al-Basra” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/3206.
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- Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; matching and transliteration from Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī’s Muʿjam al-Buldān; 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