Bāniyās (Paneas) - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Bāniyās (Paneas) - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Fuess, Albrecht

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1061101
Doc. NO	:	ALei1498
Main Entry	:	Fuess, Albrecht
Title & Author	:	Bāniyās (Paneas) - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Fuess, Albrecht
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(464 words)
Abstract	:	Bāniyās (also Baniyas, Banias, or Paneas ) a town located in the north of the Golan Heights, takes its name from a sanctuary of the Greek god Pan. The nearest large town is Kiryat Shmona, fifteen kilometres to the west; Damascus lies sixty kilometres to the northeast. Bāniyās is also the name of a spring and a river that flows from here to the Jordan. The town is known from Hellenistic times. The son of Herod the Great (r. 37 to 4 B.C.E.), Philip (d. 33 or 34 C.
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei1498.pdf