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

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" Bālis - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Turner, John P.

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1061094
Doc. NO	:	ALei1491
Main Entry	:	Turner, John P.
Title & Author	:	Bālis - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Turner, John P.
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(523 words)
Abstract	:	Bālis was a city located on the western bank of the Euphrates, to the west of al-Raqqa, in present-day Syria. The Romans called it Barbalissos but its roots are in the Hittite settlement of Emar. Its location at a bend in the Euphrates close to Aleppo made it a natural entrepôt between the ports of the eastern Mediterranean and the riparian trade towards and into the Gulf. According to the third/ninth-century historian al-Balādhurī, around 14/636 the city surrendered to the Arab armies under the
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei1491.pdf