Wadi Musa (Arabic: وادي موسى, literally "Valley of Musa (AS)) is a town located in the Ma'an Governorate in southern Jordan. It is the administrative...
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buried, at Mount Hor, known today as Jabal Haroun or Mount Aaron. The Wadi Musa or "Wadi of Moses" is the Arab name for the narrow valley at the head of which...
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Liyathnah (Arabic: اللياثنة) is a tribe settled in the town of Wadi Musa, Jordan, close to the ruins of Petra. Scholars have noted the tribe's possible...
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1917. The Battle of Wadi Musa was fought on October 23, 1917, when Ottoman army was sent to deal with Sharifian army camped at Wadi Musa. Before the Ottoman...
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The Battle of Wadi Musa was fought between the Arab Army and the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt of 1916–1918. The battle began when General Djemal...
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Arabah (redirect from Wadi Arava)
The Arabah/Araba (Arabic: وادي عربة, romanized: Wādī ʿAraba) or Aravah/Arava (Hebrew: הָעֲרָבָה, romanized: hāʿĂrāḇā, lit. 'dry area') is a loosely defined...
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traditions, and conflicts with the dominant Liyathnah tribe based nearby in Wadi Musa. In the 1980s, the Jordanian government forcibly relocated the Bedul from...
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canyon"), is an archaeological site located north of Petra and the town of Wadi Musa in the Ma'an Governorate of Jordan. Like Petra, it is a Nabataean site...
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Wu'ayra Castle is a ruined Crusader castle located in Wadi Musa, Jordan, 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) north of the main entrance to Petra. It was founded by...
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Mount Sinai (Bible) (redirect from Jabal Musa, Sinai)
which Petra resides is known as the Wadi Musa, meaning valley of Moses, and at the entrance to the Siq is the Ain Musa, meaning spring of Moses; the 13th...
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al-Bint is a religious temple in the Nabataean city of Petra. It faces the Wadi Musa and is located to the northwest of the Great Temple and to the southwest...
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valley in which Petra resides is known as Wadi Musa, meaning Valley of Moses. At the entrance to Wadi Musa is Ain Musa, the Spring of Moses. History portal...
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Aretas' predecessor, Obodas III. Inscriptions on a limestone block near Wadi Musa in Jordan indicates that Phasaelis was the couple’s fourth child, but...
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and, opposite, the Temple of the Winged Lions on the northern bank of Wadi Musa. The temple is likely dedicated to the supreme goddess figure of the Nabateans...
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1991, designed to bar the mouth of the Siq and reroute the waters of Wadi Musa. The dam is a fairly true reconstruction of what the rawr and the beginning...
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Department Arabic Name Areas Population (2004) Administrative Center Wadi Musa 1 Ma'an Department (Al-Qasabah) لواء قصبة معان includes the city of Ma'an...
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yearly wandering from Syria to Saudi Arabia. The region encompassing Wadi Musa and Petra is inhabited by the prominent Liyathnah tribe alongside the...
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investment financing. Amman Karak Aqaba Azraq Deir Alla Irbid Mafraq Ma'an Wadi Musa Zarqa The modern history of the Jordanian water sector is characterized...
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Turkey. During the Arab Revolt, he led Ottoman forces in an attack on Wadi Musa on 21 Oct. 1917. The Ottoman forces were defeated by forces under the...
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14th century by a handful of Christian and Muslim clans (hamula) from Wadi Musa in Jordan, the Christian Jaraisa and the Muslim Shaybat and Jubran, who...
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Women. Patron of the Brooke Hospital for Animals Princess Alia Clinic at Wadi Musa. Honorary Governor of the Arab Horse Society (United Kingdom). Director...
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have descended from the Ghassanids who migrated from Yemen and from the Wadi Musa area in present-day Jordan and an-Najajreh descend from Najran. Another...
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to drink. Wadi Feiran is an 81-mile (130 km) wadi on Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. Its upper reaches, around Jebel Musa, are known as the Wadi el-Sheikh....
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existed for a time without it—allowing for spectators to look out at the Wadi Musa—Segal's definition may be applicable to the "Great Temple". As also happens...
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Beit Sahour (redirect from Beit Sahour al-Wadi)
families from Wadi Musa near Petra (today in Jordan) settled in caves on the site of the modern village. Another Christian family of Wadi Musa, from the remnants...
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Catania Katánē (Κατάνη), Catăna, Catĭna, Balad-al-Fil, Medinat-al-Fil, Wadi Musa, Qataniyah Kerkinitida Crimea, Ukraine Yevpatoria Eupatoria (Євпаторія...
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successfully defending Wadi Musa when Turkish forces under the command of Mehmed Djemal Pasha attacked on 21 October 1917, in the Battle of Wadi Musa. He later became...
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largely derived from oral histories and folk tales of tribes from the Wadi Musa and Petra areas in present-day Jordan. The Bedouins of the Negev historically...
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Sea are: Wadi Zarqa Ma'in (Wadi Zarqa' Ma'in, Wadi Zarqa-Ma'in) Wadi Mujib (biblical Arnon) Wadi al-Haydan Wadi an-Nukhaylah Wadi al-Hafirah Wadi ash-Shuqayq...
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Petra with Jewish origin traditions Liyathnah, Bedouin tribe based in Wadi Musa with possible Jewish origins Makhamra family, clan in the southern Hebron...
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