Analytical Study of Four Arabic Inscriptions from Jordanian Badeyā
Abstract
Abstract
This paper is an analytical study of four Arabic inscriptions inscribed on a basalt stone uncovered in Wādī Al-ṣbeḥiAlġarbi (the west Al-ṣbeḥi valley), in the Jordanian Ḥarrah (black desert), in northeastern Jordan. The earliest one was written by Jumāʿah bin Rajab in 749 AH = AD 1348), the second undated text was inscribed by Salim Bin Shafiʿ, the third was written by a certain Suleimān in 801 AH = AD 1398 and the last one was written by Zakarīyya bin Rifʿat and is dated to 14th of Rajab in 1346 AH=AD 6th January 1928.
The inscriptions contain beside personal names, wisdom phrases, Islamic prayers, and the name of two important towns: Damascus and Taymāʾ.
The paper discusses the reason behind the consequence of the inscriptions on the same stone, and sheds light on the valley where they were discovered, which seemingly was a major way linking Syria with northwest Arabia.
دراسة تحليلية لأربعة نصوص عربية من البادية الأردنية
ملخص
يناقش هذا البحث بالدراسة والتحليل أربعة نقوش عربية، كتبت على حجر بازلتي، عثر عليه في وادي الصبحي الغربي، في الحرة الأردنية، في شمال شرق الأردن.
نُقشت هذه الكتابات متتابعة، وعلى فترات تاريخية مختلفة، أقدمها كتابة جماعة بن رجب في عام 749هـ، والموافق لعام 1348 ميلادية، ثم نقش سال(م) بن شفيع (دون تاريخ)، تبعه نقش سليمان وأُرِخ بعام 801 هـ، والموافق لعام 1399ميلادية، وأخيراً جاء نقش زكريا بن رفعت في 14 رجب عام 1346 هـ، والموافق للسادس من كانون ثاني لعام 1928 ميلادية.
يرد في هذه الكتابات إضافة لأسماء الأعلام، والحكمة، والدعاء، أسماء مدينتين مهمتين هما تيماء ودمشق.
يناقش البحث أيضاً سبب تتابع هذه الكتابات على نفس الحجر، وهل كان هذا الوادي ممراً، أو طريقاً يصل ما بين سوريا وبين شمال غرب الجزيرة العربية، عبر وادي السرحان.
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