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Ṣarafanda (settlement)

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A coastal village near Tyre

Names

  • Arabic: صرفندة = Ṣarafanda 1
  • Arabic: صارفية = Ṣārifiyya 2
  • Hebrew: צרפתה = ṢRPTH 3
  • Latin: Sarepta Sidoniorum 4-5
  • Latin: Sarfente 6

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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 Benjamin of Tudela 3 before c.1170c.117313th C1907
Events mentioned by Burchard of Mount Sion 4 c.1280c.128414th C1864
Events mentioned by Wilbrand of Oldenburg 5-6 1211-1212c.122216th C1864

Sources

  • 1Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār Ṣādr, 1995), (3) 402 [Arabic].
  • 2Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād, Kitāb al-Fitan, edited by Suhayl Zakkār (Beirut: Dār al-Fikr, 1993), 273 [Arabic].
    • Ṣārifiyya: Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād, The Book of Tribulations: The Syrian Muslim Apocalyptic Tradition, translated by David Cook (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2017), 262 [English].
  • 3Sarepta: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 30 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 4Sarepta Sidoniorum: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), II 9. [Latin].
  • 5Sarepta Sidoniorum: Wilbrand of Oldenburg, Peregrinatio, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), I 3, 1. 2. - 4, 9. - II 2, 6. [Latin].
  • 6Sarfente: Wilbrand of Oldenburg, Peregrinatio, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), I 3, 1. [Latin].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Ṣarafanda” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/9518.

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  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; place categorization; abstract; matching and transliteration from Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī’s Muʿjam al-Buldān; Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue; and matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
  • Jessica Mutter: categorization, matching, and Arabic name collection and transcription from Nuʿaym Ibn Ḥammād’s Kitāb al-Fitan
  • Liran Yadgar: categorization, matching, Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
  • Margaret Gaida: categorization from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
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