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

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" Liḥyān - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Macdonald, Michael C. A.

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1062591
Doc. NO	:	ALei2988
Main Entry	:	Macdonald, Michael C. A.
Title & Author	:	Liḥyān - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Macdonald, Michael C. A.
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(2,153 words)
Abstract	:	Liḥyān is the name of an Arabian tribe known from Dadanitic inscriptions at the oasis of Dadan (biblical Dedān, modern al-ʿUlā), from Aramaic inscriptions at Taymāʾ, and from Sabaic inscriptions in Yemen, dated to the mid-first millennium B.C.E. The tribe is also mentioned in some Safaitic graffiti of the early centuries C.E. and by historians from the early Islamic period. Some members of the Banū Liḥyān are said to live near Mecca today. It is, however, only an assumption that these sources all refer to
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei2988.pdf