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

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

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1061532
Doc. NO	:	ALei1929
Main Entry	:	Sinclair, Thomas A.
Title & Author	:	Erzurum - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Sinclair, Thomas A.
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,441 words)
Abstract	:	Erzurum (Arm. Karin, Karnoy Kʿałakʿ; Gr. Theodosioupolis; Ar. Qālīqalā, Arzan al-Rūm, Arzarūm) is a city towards the north-eastern borders of present-day Turkey, on rising ground at the southeast corner of an extensive plain that is traversed by the Upper Euphrates (Turk. Kara Su), at a height of around 1,750 metres above sea level. In the early Middle Ages, Erzurum was for the Arabs a border base. From around the beginning of the fifth/eleventh century the city was the seat of a minor Turkish principality, that
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei1929.pdf