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

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" Khirba - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Walker, Bethany J.

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1062469
Doc. NO	:	ALei2866
Main Entry	:	Walker, Bethany J.
Title & Author	:	Khirba - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Walker, Bethany J.
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,052 words)
Abstract	:	Khirba (Ar.), pl. khirab , literally “ruin,” refers to a ruined or abandoned place, or a place destroyed in a conflict and subsequently abandoned; the word is also an architectural term used to describe a physically disintegrating structure or an archaeological site (such as a tell or the architectural remains of a settlement). The term is often used interchangeably with the term kharāb (state of ruin) as describing a site of ruins, a neglected place (urban or rural), or an abandoned village (the opposite of ʿumrān , a place with a permanent
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei2866.pdf