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" Harput - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Sinclair, Thomas A.
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AL
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English
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1061867
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ALei2264
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Sinclair, Thomas A.
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Harput - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Sinclair, Thomas A.
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Leiden: Brill
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(1,110 words)
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Harput (Arm. Kharberd; Ott. Kharbird, Khartabirt; Arab. Ḥiṣn Ziyād, Khartabirt) is a small city on top of a rock on an upland plain east of the Euphrates, now in the Republic of Turkey. It has always functioned as a transport node, connected in particular with Malatya and many other cities to the west, as well as Amid (Āmid)/Diyarbakır to the southeast.), accepting population from the city of Shimshāṭ (Gr. Arsamosata), on the bank of the Euphrates further east. After seizure by a Turk, Çubuk, c.480/1085, it was
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Islam.
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ALei2264.pdf
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