Adhruḥ - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Adhruḥ - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Munt, Harry

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1059828
Doc. NO	:	ALei225
Main Entry	:	Munt, Harry
Title & Author	:	Adhruḥ - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Munt, Harry
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(504 words)
Abstract	:	Adhruḥ (Udhruḥ in much modern scholarship) is a small town in southern Jordan, about fifteen kilometres east of Petra. Ptolemy included an Adrou (Αδρου) among the towns of Arabia Petraea, and Arab geographers confirm that it was a principal town of the surrounding Sharāt region (Le Strange, 35, 39, 384). It was the location of a large Roman fort, the remains of which still stand. Ḥamza al-Iṣfahānī (d. 350–60/961–71) suggested that this fort was built by the Ghassānids (Ḥamza, 117), although the existence of a Latin
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei225.pdf