Tell Sultan
Tell Sultan
تل سلطان | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Tell Sultan | |
| Coordinates:35°49′22″N36°57′13″E/ 35.82278°N 36.95361°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Idlib |
| District | Idlib |
| Subdistrict | Abu al-Thuhur |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,389 |
| Time zone | UTC+2(EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3(EEST) |
Tell Sultan(Arabic:تل سلطان;also spelledTall as-Sultan) is a town in northwesternSyria,administratively part of theIdlib Governorate,located southeast of Idlib and 37 kilometers southwest ofAleppo.Nearby localities includeAbu al-Thuhurto the southeast,Tell Mardikhto the southwest,Saraqibto the west andTell Touqanto the northwest. According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics,Tell Sultan had a population of 2,389 in the 2004 census.[1]
History
[edit]Tell as-Sultantranslates as the "Sultan's Hill." It received this name after thesultanof theSeljuksencamped at the hill during his siege ofAleppoin 1070 CE.Saladinand hisAyyubidarmy decisively defeated theZengidsarmy led byGhazi II Saif ud-Dinin a battle on the site of Tell Sultan in 1176.[2]
The town was visited in the early 13th century by Syrian geographerYaqut al-Hamawiwho noted it was a "day's march from Halab (Aleppo) towardsDamascus"and that it contained" acaravanseraiand a rest-house for travelers. "[3]Later, in 1232, the regent queen of Aleppo,Dayfa KhatunreceivedFatima Khatun,the daughter of Ayyubid sultanal-Kamil,andBaha ad-Din ibn Shaddadat a ceremony in Tell Sultan.[4]
References
[edit]- ^abGeneral Census of Population and Housing 2004Archived2013-02-06 at theWayback Machine.Syria Central Bureau of Statistics(CBS). Idlib Governorate.(in Arabic)
- ^Richards, 2010, p. 241. Translated fromIbn al-Athir's work.
- ^le Strange, 1890, p. 544.
- ^Tabbaa, 1997, p. 45.
Bibliography
[edit]- Ibn al-Athir(2007). D.S. Richards (ed.).The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for the Crusading Period from al-Kamil fi'l-ta'rikh, Part 2.Great Britain: Ashgate Publishing Ltd.ISBN978-0-7546-4078-3.
- le Strange, Guy (1890).Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500.Committee of thePalestine Exploration Fund.
- Tabbaa, Yasser (1997).Constructions of Power and Piety in Medieval Aleppo.Penn State Press.ISBN0271015624.
