Issue
19
Journal
01 Apr 2024
This research provides a description of the geography of the Ash- Shihr region, which is the historical region located in the region of the southern Arabian Peninsula, the study presented in the introduction a definition of this region and its linguistic and spatial significance, the study also touched on determining the geographical extension of the region, and the study sought to monitor the geographical features of the region according to the references mentioned in the sources, where the researcher traced the most important things mentioned in a number of classical sources (Greek-Roman) and Islamic geographical sources with regard to the geographical characteristics and features of the region, starting from its astronomical and geographical location, and its status in the ancient world in terms of regional division and classification, the research also touched on shedding light on the most prominent features of the region’s climate, as it was distinguished by some climatic characteristics that attracted the interest of historians and geographers, the researcher then moved on to monitor what was reported about the terrain and surface features of the region in those sources, and among the most important of these terrains: mountains and valleys, as the sources that the study examined recorded for us information about some of the names of the mountains and valleys that are located within the Ash-Shihr region, we have also recorded for us some of the geographical features that characterize those mountains and valleys, and the topography of the region that the historical sources have recorded for us, as well as the marine capes and bays, as we will see in the course of the research the presence of a number of bays and marine capes - called in some sources Al-Ghab or Al-Jun -, then the research moved on to mention the islands of the region that were mentioned in the sources, the most important of which are: Socotra Island in the Republic of Yemen, and the islands of Korea Muria - Al-Hallaniyat - in the Sultanate of Oman currently, the sources documented for us what characterized those islands, both in terms of their geography and the appearance of their surface, and the appearance of its surface, or what it was famous for in terms of merchandise and commercial commodities that had value in the markets of the ancient world, the last station of this research was on the roads and paths of the region, the region had paths and roads for the passage of internal and external caravans, and those paths and roads varied between the sea roads and, the interior roads , the researcher also tried to track and monitor the signs related to these roads, while trying to link some of the names related to them that were mentioned in ancient sources to what matches or is close to them in our current time.
Keywords: Ash- Shihr - South Arabia - Geography - Surface appearances
الشحر – جنوب الجزيرة العربية- الجغرافيا – مظاهر السطح
الأستاذ/ سالم أحمد سالم الكثيري
وزارة التربية والتعليم - سلطنة عمان