Roads of Arabia

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ROADS OF ARABIA
Index
Dosariyah (site) 42, 173, 174,
175, 176
Duhma, biblical 75 See also
Adummatu, Dumaitha,
Dumat al-Jandal, al-Jawf
Duma/dumetu see Adummatu
Dumat see Dumat al-Jandal
Dumat al-Jandal (site) 35, 36,
39, 42, 52, 75, 76, 77, 78,
84, 92, 95, 98, 131, 135,
214,220, 221, 222, 314
Dur-Sharruku 76
Ed-Dur (United Arab Emirates)
347, 351, 352, 359, 381, 385
Eden 93
Edom 97, 98
Egra see Hegra
El-Heger see Mada’in Saleh 51
Elam (Iran) 97, 178
Eridu (Iraq) 174
Euphrates (river) 65, 68, 74, 95,
131, 135, 220, 378, 389,
407, 408, 416
Fadak 77, 78
Failaka (island, Kuwait) 124,
125, 182, 185, 347, 356,
376, 377, 381, 384
Farasan (islands) 42, 125, 147, 148,
305
Fars (Iran) 180, 182, 504
Farsan (bank of islands) 65
Fayd (site) 42, 408, 414, 426, 428
Ferghana (valley, Uzbekistan)
178, 185
Fort of Masmak see Riyadh
Fossé (battle) 127
Fustat (Egypt) 113, 442
Garance (oasis) 8, 10, 2003
Gaza (Palestine) 78, 83, 84, 98,
134, 414
Gerasa see Jerash
Gerrha 95, 96, 122, 125, 135,
312, 352, 378, 380, 381, 384,
387, 388, 389, 391
See also Hagar, Hajar,
Hofuf, al-Jarha, Thaj
Ghayman (Yemen) 332
Gibraltar (Straits of, United
Kingdom) 144
Gilan (Iran) 519
Girsu see Tello
Gobaad (basin) 144
Gordion (Turkey) 381
Gujarat (India) 176, 415, 566
Gulbarga 415
al-Gwaf (Yemen) 362
Habuna 366
Hadath 324
Ha’il 167
Hadramawt (Yemen) 60, 85,
86, 90, 95, 104, 120, 124,
125, 128, 134, 144, 313, 367,
377, 388, 379, 484
Haegra see Hegra
Hafr al-Batin (or Hafr) 77
Hafr al-Batin
Hagar see Hofuf
Hajar see Hofuf
al-Hajar (al-Hajjar)
see Mada’in Saleh
Hajar ibn Humayd (Yemen)
130
Al-Hajjar (Bahrain) 376
Hajji Muhammad (site) 174
Halat ‘Ammar 457
Hamdana 487
Hamir (kingdom) 313
Harra (battle) 109
Harran (Sultantepe, Turkey) 77,
78
Harran (Syria) 77, 86, 93, 131,
220, 253, 263
Harrat al-Buqum (Harrat Najal)
480, 484
Hasa’ (oasis, province) 64, 86,
95, 122, 379, 457, 471, 586
Hasmi 213
Hatte 74
al-Hawra 408, 471, 475, 476
Hayappa 74
Hebron (Palestine) 412
Hegra (Haegra, Egra) 46, 51,
53, 222, 236, 274, 275, 287,
288, 290, 291, 292, 295,
296, 298, 299, 302, 303,
304, 305, 306, 307
See also Mada’in Saleh
Herat (Afghanistan) 545
Higra’ see al-Hijr,
Mada’in Saleh
Hijaz (region) 48, 50, 51, 52, 55,
65, 71, 72, 74, 82, 83, 84, 86,
87, 88, 92, 96, 97, 109, 112,
122, 123, 125, 126, 127, 131,
212, 219, 221, 264, 272, 290,
305, 314, 407, 408, 409, 410,
411, 412, 413, 414, 416, 417,
428, 428, 435, 436, 438, 454,
463, 471, 472, 473, 481, 486,
493, 499, 512, 522, 526, 530,
532, 536, 576, 581, 589
Hejaz railway 36, 267, 288,
456, 457, 458, 460, 461, 575
al-Hijr see Hegra, Mada’in
Saleh
Himyar 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90,
92, 93, 94, 95, 122, 123,
124, 125, 126
al-Hinna 379
al-Hira (Iraq) 86, 87, 90, 91,
131, 425, 427, 437
convent of Hind 86, 131
Hisma 120, 166
Hofuf (site) 35, 36, 39, 84, 95, 96,
120, 122, 123, 125, 127, 129,
173, 176, 189, 290, 347, 375,
376, 380, 382, 384, 389
Homs (Syria) 113
Hormuz 68, 180, 181, 407
Hudayda (port, Yemen) 479
al-Hufayr 77
al-Hufhuf see Hofuf
al-Hujun (valley of) see Mecca
Humayma 287
al-Husayb (Yemen) 495
Ikaros 389
Inabba’ (kingdom) 124
Indus (river) 111, 181, 183, 190, 201
‘Irq al-Bir (site) 366
Istanbul (Turkey) 114, 115, 116,
524, 572, 573, 266, 419, 524,
526, 527, 530, 531, 532, 534,
536, 540, 543, 544, 554, 555,
565, 572, 573, 574, 582
Bosphorus, the 530
school for princes 554
Blue Mosque 531
Mosque of the Black
Eunuchs 554
Topkapı palace and museum
524, 527, 531, 534, 536, 540,
543, 544, 552, 554, 564, 565,
573
Oratory of the Valide Sultan
554
Iznik (Turkey) 553, 554, 568
Jabal Abyad 72
Jabal Dedan 262, 266, 268
Jabal Ghunaim 76, 223
Jabal Hisma 57
Jabal ‘Ikma see al-Ula
Jabal Ithlib 296, 298, 299
Jabal Kenzan 375, 380
Jabal Khraymat 292
Jabal es-Shams 60
Jabal Tuwaiq 57, 65, 311, 314
Jabal Umm Daraj (site)
see al-Ula
Jabal Usays (Syria) 86, 131
Jabal al-‘Uwayrid 290
Jabrin (oasis) 148
al-Jamal 389
al-Jar (port) 410, 471, 472
al-Jarha see Gerrha
al-Jawf (site, oasis) see Dumat
al-Jandal
Jawf (the, Yemen) 83, 89, 95,
124, 264, 322, 348
Jazan 35, 36, 487
Jedda 36, 38, 39, 50, 52, 61,
408, 410, 411, 412, 416, 417,
425, 471, 472, 479, 487, 524,
526, 531, 588
Eve’s tomb (al-Jadda) 410
Jerash (Jordan) 307
Jerusalem 51, 106, 109, 410, 430,
573, 574
Dome of the Rock 109
Biblical and archaeological
school 52, 288
Esplanade of the Mosques
557
al-Aqsa Mosque 574
Mosque “of ‘Umar” 109,
366
Jiroft (Iran) 178, 184
Jizan 42
al-Jubayl (port) 36, 42, 173, 376,
388, 389
Jubbah 143, 147, 159, 160, 161
Juda 83
Jurash 485
Ka‘ba see Mecca
Kaf 75, 77
Kairouan (Tunisia) 113
Kalba (Oman) 203
Kaminahu (kingdom) 124
al-Kanhari 389
Kanne 93
Kapanu see Kaf
Karranah 376
Kerak (fortress, Jordan) 408, 454,
456
Kerman (Iran) 180, 181
al-Khabar (site) 42
Khafadje (Iraq) 189
Khalid 483
al-Khalif 487
Khamis Mushayt 480, 482, 485
Kharj 36, 39
Khatt 89, 96
Khaybar (oasis) 72, 77, 78, 84,
96, 127
Khayf 558
Khayf al-Zahra (site) see al-Ula
Khirbat al-Tannur (Jordan) 340
Khulays 417, 471, 472, 475
al-Khuluf 487
Khurasan (region, Iran) 114,
117, 499
al-Khurayba (site) 42, 217, 233,
240, 258, 266, 270, 271, 272,
274, 284, 375, 460, 464
See also al-Ula, Dedan
Khursaniyah 176
Khuzestan (Iran) 381
Kilwa (site) 53
Kinda 87, 95, 313, 314, 315,
317
Kirman (Iran) 441
Kish (kingdom) 178, 194
Konar Sandal (Iran) see Jiroft
Kufa (Iraq) 113, 117, 408, 409,
414, 425, 426, 427, 428, 430,
437, 441, 454, 486
Kutahya (Turkey) 527, 553,
568
Lagash (Iraq) 180
Laja’ (Syria) 86, 131
Larisa 378
Larsa (Iraq) 174, 203
Lattaquieh (Syria) 129
Leuke Kome (port) 85
See also ‘Aynuna
Lihyan 83, 84, 98, 122, 124,
233, 234, 235, 237, 255,
256, 258, 260, 265, 266,
267, 268, 271, 272, 274,
278, 287, 312, 315, 316
Ma‘add 87, 88
al-Mabiyat (site) 42, 460, 461, 463,
464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469
Macoraba see Mecca
Mada’in Saleh (or Medain Saleh,
site) 35, 36, 38, 42, 46, 51,
52, 53, 88, 97, 98, 120, 122,
125, 236, 265, 274, 287,
288, 290, 293, 307, 388,
458, 460, 480
Madaba 213
Ma‘dan al-Nuqra 428
Madhhij 87, 88, 95, 313
Ma‘din Bani Sulaym 428, 429
Madinat al-Nabi see Medina
Madinat Hamad (Bahrain) 182
Magan 182
Magnesia ad Maeandrum 378
Mahd al-Dhahab 487
Ma‘in (Yemen) 93, 264
al-Ma‘la see Mecca
al-Mandaj 480, 484
Marj Dabiq (Syria) 417, 525
Marduma (site) 42
Marhashi (Iran) 178, 179
Mari (site, Syria) 74, 178, 184,
220
Marib (site, Yemen) 50, 82, 83,
84, 85, 88, 89, 95, 96, 124,
126, 379
Mārid (fortress) 78
Ma’sil Gumhan 88
Marwa see Mecca
Massa 74, 221, 233
Mecca (Macoraba) 36, 38, 39,
45, 46, 50, 57, 77, 84, 90,
91, 94, 101, 104, 105, 106,
107, 108, 109, 112, 131, 272,
288, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411,
412, 413, 414, 416, 417, 419,
425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430,
433, 434, 435, 441, 453, 454,
463, 471, 473, 475, 479, 486,
487, 491, 492, 494, 495, 498,
499, 503, 508, 509, 514, 516,
519, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527,
530, 531, 534, 540, 543, 544,
547, 548, 550, 552, 553, 554,
557, 564, 565, 567, 568, 570,
572, 573, 574, 576, 581
Abu Qubays (Mount)
408, 558, 559
Adam’s tomb 408
‘Arafa 414, 495, 496, 499,
534, 554, 557, 558, 559
Black Stone (the) 100, 108,
409, 544, 553
Great Mosque or Holy
Mosque (al-masjid al-haram,
haram al-sharif) 39, 427,
487, 494, 526, 530, 531,
547, 548, 549, 550, 553,
554, 557, 559, 566, 568,
570, 571, 572
al-Hujun (valley) 491
Ka‘ba (Bayt Allah) 90, 93,
104, 107, 108, 409, 410,
411,412, 416, 417, 419,
436, 484, 492, 523, 526,
530, 531, 534, 536, 538,
540, 543, 544, 548, 549,
550, 553, 554, 556, 557,
559, 564, 565, 568, 569,
570, 573, 575
madrasa of Qa’itbay 525,
550, 569, 416, 549
madrasa Muzaffar al-Din 499
maqam Ibrahim 546, 548,
570
al-Ma‘la (cemetery) 487,
491, 492, 493, 495, 496,
497, 498, 499, 508, 516, 566
Marwa 557, 558, 559
Mina 412, 558
Muzdalifa 559
Safa 557, 558, 559
Thawr (Mount) 558
al-Zahir Palace of King
Abdulaziz 36, 39
Zamzam (well) 104, 548,
556
Media 97
Medina 36, 37, 38, 39, 46, 50,
52, 55, 77, 82, 84, 91, 94, 97,
104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109,
112, 113, 127, 131, 221, 272,
288, 290, 314, 348, 408, 409,
410, 411, 412, 414, 416, 419,
425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 433,
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