Ḥismā (region)

URI https://medievalmideast.org/place/5344

A desert region in Syria near Ayla and Wādī al-Qurā

Names

  • Arabic: حسمى = Ḥismā 1

Temporal Data

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Event mentioned by Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. 1 before c. 1225c.1225877 A.H. / 14721995

Sources

  • 1Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār Ṣādr, 1995), (1) 154، 357، 359، 393 (2) 14، 21، 186، 249، 258، 374 (4) 147، 222، 468 (5) 74، 297 [Arabic].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, “Ḥismā” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/5344.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; place categorization; abstract; and matching and transliteration from Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī’s Muʿjam al-Buldān
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