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

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

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1060669
Doc. NO	:	ALei1066
Main Entry	:	Sinclair, Thomas A.
Title & Author	:	Arapkir - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Sinclair, Thomas A.
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(359 words)
Abstract	:	Arapkir (Ott. ʿArapkīr, ʿArapgīr) is a town in present-day eastern Turkey, west of the Upper Euphrates gorge in the Anti-Taurus mountains. From the late Middle Ages until the nineteenth century, the original town lay on the slopes of a valley running north-eastwards towards the Arapkir Çay, a tributary of the Upper Euphrates. A variety of monuments still stand here—mostly mosques, but also a khānqah , a bedestān , and a hamam (ḥammām )—most of them dating to the tenth/sixteenth century. The present town lies in a valley
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei1066.pdf