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| Event Description | Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| before 1354 CE | 1354-1356 | early 1180 A.H. / 1766 | 1997 | |
| before c.1170 | c.1173 | 13th C | 1907 |
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]), 1:239, 242 [Arabic].
- tomb of Jacob: 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), I, 74-5 [English].
- 2A. D. H. Bivar, The Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, A.D. 1325-1354: Index (London: The Hakluyt Society, 2000), vol. 5, s.v. [English].
- 3sepulchre of Jacob: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 41 [Hebrew with English translation].
How to Cite This Entry
Thomas A. Carlson, Evan Willford, and Liran Yadgar, “tomb of Jacob” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/476.
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- Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; categorization, matching, Arabic collection and transliteration from Ibn Baṭṭūṭa's travel account; and Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
- Evan Willford: place categorization; Wikipedia matching and GPS coordinates; and matching from Ibn Baṭṭūṭa's travel account
- Liran Yadgar: categorization, matching, Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue