Tihāma (region)

URI https://medievalmideast.org/place/4139

The western coastal plain of the Arabian Peninsula, along the Red Sea

Names

  • Arabic: تهامة = Tihāma 1-2
  • Persian: تهامه = Tihāma 3

Temporal Data

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Event DescriptionDate
Event mentioned by Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. 1 before c. 1225c.1225877 A.H. / 14721995
Event mentioned by Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād. 2 before 843 CEc. 820-843 CE687 A.H. / 1288-9 CE1993
Events mentioned by Nāṣir-i Khusraw 3 c. 1050circa 106510th C Hijrī/16th C CE2001

Sources

  • 1Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār Ṣādr, 1995), (1) 105، 125، 223، 428، 506 (2) 9، 63، 94، 216، 232، 271، 274، 332، 349، 375، 388 (3) 39، 112، 146، 221، 228، 307، 326، 330، 342، 389، 393، 426، 452، 453 (4) 37، 58، 71، 126، 138، 148، 190، 191، 212، 252، 260، 300، 306، 314، 369 (5) 56، 60، 190، 210، 211، 212، 229، 274، 369، 372 [Arabic].
  • 2Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād, Kitāb al-Fitan, edited by Suhayl Zakkār (Beirut: Dār al-Fikr, 1993), 368, 403 [Arabic].
    • Tihāma: Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād, The Book of Tribulations: The Syrian Muslim Apocalyptic Tradition, translated by David Cook (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2017), 412 [English].
  • 3Tihama: Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Nasir-i Khusraw's Book of Travels, ed. Wheeler M. Thackston (Costa Mesa, Calif.: Mazda, 2001), 93 [Persian with English translation].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, Mary Papadopoulos, and Jessica Mutter, “Tihāma” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/4139.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; abstract; matching and transliteration from Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī’s Muʿjam al-Buldān; and matching from Nāṣir-i Khusraw's travelogue
  • Mary Papadopoulos: place categorization and categorization, matching, Persian collection and transliteration from Nāṣir-i Khusraw's travelogue
  • Jessica Mutter: categorization, matching, and Arabic name collection and transcription from Nuʿaym Ibn Ḥammād’s Kitāb al-Fitan
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