Bayrut (Beirut)

بيروت

A city on the salt sea, with a mountain nearby holding good iron ore carried to Syria, and a grove of trees reaching toward Mount Lebanon. 1

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Levant & Iraq
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Beirut: a city on the bank of the salt sea. Near it is a mountain with good iron ore that is carried to the land of al-Sham, and there is a thicket of trees that extends to Mount Lebanon. 2

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Birthplace of
Fairuz· Hisham Kabbani
Home of
Fairuz· Nadine Labaki
Site of
The Franks take Beirut from the Muslims in 593· The Franks Take Beirut by the Sword and Sidon by Safe-Conduct, 504

People and things also explored

Nazim Al-Haqqani· Sayda (Sidon)· Where Do We Go Now?· The Franks take Beirut from the Muslims in 593· The Franks Take Beirut by the Sword and Sidon by Safe-Conduct, 504· Fairuz· Hisham Kabbani· Nadine Labaki

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 371
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.371
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Nazim Al-Haqqani

Turkish Cypriot Sufi leader (1922–2014), Grand Shaykh of the Haqqani branch of the Naqshbandi order. Born in Larnaca, Cyprus, he studied chemical engineering and sharia in Istanbul, was initiated into the Naqshbandi order and trained under Abdullah al-Faiz ad-Daghistani, his principal guide; after his guide's death in 1973 he was regarded as his successor, and his teaching spread through Western Europe and North America. He died in North Nicosia and was buried at Lefke.