User:Huldra/Nabi Kifl
| Neby Kifl | |
|---|---|
 Neby Kifl | |
 | |
| Alternative names | The Prophet Kifil[1] |
| General information | |
| Type | Maqam |
| Location | Current Israel |
| Coordinates | 32°00′25″N 34°55′35″E / 32.00694°N 34.92639°E |
| Palestine grid | 143/157 |
History[edit]
In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine noted at Neby Kifil: "Scattered stones, a wall, a birkeh or tank."[2]
According to Tawfiq Canaan, there traditionally here was a festival (Ar. mawsim) on the 14th of Sha'ban.[3][4]
References[edit]
See also[edit]
- Dhul-Kifl, (alternative tomb: Al Kifl, according to Ali ibn abi bakr al-Harawi)
Sources[edit]
- Canaan, T. (1927). Mohammedan Saints and Sanctuaries in Palestine. London: Luzac & Co.
- Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H. H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Dauphin, Claudine (1998). La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations. BAR International Series 726 (in French). Vol. III : Catalogue. Oxford: Archeopress. ISBN 0-860549-05-4. (p. 826)
- Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Petersen, Andrew (2001). A Gazetteer of Buildings in Muslim Palestine (British Academy Monographs in Archaeology). Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-727011-0. (pp. 227-229)
External links[edit]
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 13: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- User:Orest2000/Palestinian_maqams#Maqam_nabi_Kifl
- Nabi Kifl, Commons cat
- Tombs of the Prophets, Tomb of Nabi Kifl
