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

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" ʿĀmil, Jabal - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Mervin, Sabrina

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1063236
Doc. NO	:	ALei3633
Main Entry	:	Mervin, Sabrina
Title & Author	:	ʿĀmil, Jabal - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Mervin, Sabrina
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,601 words)
Abstract	:	Jabal ʿĀmil (or ʿĀmila) is a region of low mountains in Bilād al-Shām (present-day southern Lebanon) where the Twelver Shīʿa developed a tradition of religious learning as early as the eighth/fourteenth century. The term “ʿĀmil” derives from the name of a Syrian tribe, the ʿĀmila, who settled in that area in the early ʿAbbāsid period. Later, the northern part of Jabal ʿĀmil was called Bilād al-Shaqīf or Shaqīf Arnūn, with reference to Qalʿat al-Shaqīf (the Crusaders' castle of Beaufort), whereas the southern part was called
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei3633.pdf