Adhruḥ

by Munt, Harry

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Adhruḥ (Udhruḥ in much modern scholarship) is a small town in southern Jordan, about fifteen kilometres east of Petra. Ptolemy included an Adrou (Αδρου) among the towns of Arabia Petraea, and Arab geographers confirm that it was a principal town of the surrounding Sharāt region (Le Strange, 35, 39, 384). It was the location of a large Roman fort, the remains of which still stand. Ḥamza al-Iṣfahānī (d. 350–60/961–71) suggested that this fort was built by the Ghassānids (Ḥamza, 117), although the…

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Adhruḥ (Udhruḥ in much modern scholarship) is a small town in southern Jordan, about fifteen kilometres east of Petra. Ptolemy included an Adrou (Αδρου) among the towns of Arabia Petraea, and Arab geographers confirm that it was a principal town of the surrounding Sharāt region (Le Strange, 35, 39, 384). It was the location of a large Roman fort, the remains of which still stand. Ḥamza al-Iṣfahānī (d. 350–60/961–71) suggested that this fort was built by the Ghassānids (Ḥamza, 117), although the existence of a Latin

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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eng Islam

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Munt, Harry

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