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

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" Adıyaman - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Sinclair, Thomas A.

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1059836
Doc. NO	:	ALei233
Main Entry	:	Sinclair, Thomas A.
Title & Author	:	Adıyaman - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Sinclair, Thomas A.
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(896 words)
Abstract	:	Adıyaman is a town in present-day southeastern Turkey, in the Euphrates basin south of and beneath the Taurus range, located on the site of the ancient settlement of Pordonnium (Lat.), which probably betrays a local name from which Adıyaman is also derived. In the ʿAbbāsid period, it was known as Ḥiṣn Manṣūr, one of the thughūr fortresses built by Hārūn al-Rashīd (r. 170–93/786–809), which replaced Perrhē as the principal local settlement, whose remains lie at Pirun, four kilometres to the northeast. Pordonnium and Perrhē both
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei233.pdf