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The dangerous relationships in mentioning the princes of the Levant and the Peninsula

الأعلاق الخطيرة في ذكر أمراء الشام و الجزيرة

Author: ابن شداد، عز الدين أبو عبد الله محمد بن علي بن إبراهيم الأنصاري الحلبي (المتوفى: 684هـ) (d. 684)

About this work

هذا الكتاب "الأعلاق الخطيرة في ذكر أمراء الشام والجزيرة" للعلامة عز الدين ابن شداد، يتناول وصفًا تاريخيًا وثقافيًا لمدينة حلب والشام والجزيرة. يركز المؤلف على ذكر الأمراء والحكام الذين حكموا المنطقة، مع تقديم معلومات تاريخية وجغرافية عن المدن والقلاع والمساجد والمعالم الأثرية. يتناول الكتاب أيضًا فضل الشام وما ورد في فضائلها من أحاديث وقصص، مع وصف مفصل لعمارتها وأبنيتها وحدودها الجغرافية.

Translation

This book, “The Dangerous Relationships in Mention of the Emirs of the Levant and the Peninsula,” by the scholar Izz al-Din Ibn Shaddad, deals with a historical and cultural description of the city of Aleppo, the Levant, and the Peninsula. The author focuses on mentioning the princes and rulers who ruled the region, while providing historical and geographical information about the cities, castles, mosques, and monuments. The book also deals with the virtues of the Levant and the hadiths and stories mentioned about its virtues, with a detailed description of its architecture, buildings, and geographical borders.

Topics covered

The dangerous relationships in mentioning the princes of the Levant and the Peninsula
the introduction
The first purpose is to mention the Levant and derive its name
The second purpose is to mention the first person who revealed it
The third purpose is to mention what was reported about the virtue of the Levant
The fourth purpose is to mention its location in the world and its borders
Mention its location in the world
The first chapter in
The second chapter discusses the fortune in which it was built and who built it
The third chapter discusses its name and derivation
Chapter Four mentions the nature of its architecture
The fifth chapter mentions the number of its chapters
Chapter on mentioning shortcomings
Chapter Seven mentions what was mentioned about the virtue of Aleppo
He mentioned the cistern in the courtyard
Mention of the lighthouse
He mentioned what has become of the Jami’ Mosque in our time
He mentioned what this mosque was praised for
He mentioned the mosques in Aleppo
Chapter Nine mentions the shrines inside and outside Aleppo
He mentioned the places in the city of Aleppo that previous nations used to venerate
Mention the apparent shrines
He mentioned the shrines in the villages of Aleppo and their works
Chapter Ten: Mention of the mosques inside and outside Aleppo
The mosques between the gates of the city

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