Meccan sand

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A special type of sand, found around Ramla.

Names

  • Persian: ریگ مکّی = rīg-i Makkī 1

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Events mentioned by Nāṣir-i Khusraw1 c. 1050circa 106510th C Hijrī/16th C CE2001

Sources

  • 1Meccan sand: Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Nasir-i Khusraw's Book of Travels, ed. Wheeler M. Thackston (Costa Mesa, Calif.: Mazda, 2001), 25-26 [Persian with English translation].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson and Mary Papadopoulos, “Meccan sand” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/practice/1666.

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  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; abstract; and matching from Nāṣir-i Khusraw's travelogue
  • Mary Papadopoulos: categorization, matching and Persian collection/transliteration from Nāṣir-i Khusraw's travelogue
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