al-malāḥida

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An Arabic word for apostates or heretics

Names

  • Arabic: الملاحدة = al-malāḥida 1
  • Hebrew: מולחאת = MWLḤʾT 2

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Event mentioned by Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.1 before c. 1225c.1225877 A.H. / 14721995
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela2 before c.1170c.117313th C1907

Sources

  • 1Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār Ṣādr, 1995), (2) 22، 433 (4) 29، 33، 416، 475 (5) 27 [Arabic].
  • 2Mulahid (Mulehet): Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 76 [Hebrew with English translation].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson and Liran Yadgar, “al-malāḥida” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/practice/695.

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  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; abstract; matching and transliteration from Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī’s Muʿjam al-Buldān; and matching, Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
  • Liran Yadgar: Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
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