Taprobane - [ Syriac Not Available ]

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The island of Sri Lanka off the coast of India

Names

  • Taprobane
  • طبروباني2

Place Type

island

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 7.8836573° Long. 80.7246163°1

Descriptions

The island of Sri Lanka off the coast of India

Attestation

Attestation of name طبروباني in the Kitāb al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa of Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn Rustah. طبروباني2 2
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Works Cited

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  • 1 https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/50298
  • 2 Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn Rustah, Kitāb al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa (Leiden: Brill, 1891)., p: 84.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, “Taprobane” last modified August 9, 2017, http://syriaca.org/place/2935.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson, “Taprobane.”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2017. Entry published August 9, 2017. http://syriaca.org/place/2935.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Taprobane

Additional Credit:

  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by Daniel L. Schwartz
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by William L. Potter
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by David A. Michelson
  • Ibn Rustah data correction and integration by Thomas A. Carlson
  • Ibn Rustah data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
  • Data merging, Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson

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