archers

URI https://medievalmideast.org/practice/857

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  • Arabic: رامي, رماة = rāmī, rumāh 1
  • Hebrew: דורכי קשת = DWRKY QShT 2

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Event mentioned by Ibn Baṭṭūṭa.1 before 1354 CE1354-135613561997
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela2 before c.1170c.117313th C1907

Sources

  • 1Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūṭa: al-musammāt Tuḥfat al-niẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, edited by ʿAbd al-Hādī al-Tāzī (al-Ribāṭ: Akādīmiyyat al-Mamlaka al-Maghribiyya, 1417 H [1996-97]), 3:90 [Arabic].
    • archers: H. A. R. Gibb, C. F. Beckingham, and A. D. H. Bivar, trans., The Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, A.D. 1325-1354 (London: The Hakluyt Society, 1958-2000), III, 606; IV, 907 [English].
  • 2archers: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 88 [Hebrew with English translation].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson and Liran Yadgar, “archers” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/practice/857.

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  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; categorization, matching, Arabic collection and transliteration from Ibn Baṭṭūṭa's travel account; and matching, Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
  • Liran Yadgar: Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
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