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al-Ruḥba (region)

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A district between Medina and Syria near Wādī al-Qurā

Names

  • Arabic: الرحبة = al-Ruḥba 1

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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), (3) 33 (5) 235 [Arabic].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, “al-Ruḥba” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/7241.

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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