Ghoraniyeh: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
Loew Galitz (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
Iskandar323 (talk | contribs) |
||
| (8 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{under construction|date=January 2021}} |
|||
[[File:FallsSkMap24detJordanValley.jpeg|thumb|A WWI sketch of the [[Jordan Valley]]]] |
[[File:FallsSkMap24detJordanValley.jpeg|thumb|A WWI sketch of the [[Jordan Valley]]]] |
||
[[File:Ghoraniyeh - the remains of the old bridge across the Jordan, burnt by the Turks Art.IWMART1549.jpg|thumb|Ruins of the burnt bridge and a pontoon bridge; Ghoraniyeh WWI bridgehead; by [[James McBey]] (1918)]] |
[[File:Ghoraniyeh - the remains of the old bridge across the Jordan, burnt by the Turks Art.IWMART1549.jpg|thumb|Ruins of the burnt bridge and a pontoon bridge; Ghoraniyeh WWI bridgehead; by [[James McBey]] (1918)]] |
||
'''Ghoraniyeh''' or '''El Ghorahiyeh''' is a crossing ([[ford (crossing)|ford]]) by the [[Jordan River]] south of [[Wadi Nimrin]]<ref>Power, E. “THE SITE OF THE PENTAPOLIS.” Biblica, vol. 11, no. 1, GBPress- Gregorian Biblical Press, 1930, pp. 23–62, {{ |
'''Ghoraniyeh''' or '''El Ghorahiyeh''' is a crossing ([[ford (crossing)|ford]]) by the [[Jordan River]] south of [[Wadi Nimrin]] on the left bank<ref>Power, E. “THE SITE OF THE PENTAPOLIS.” Biblica, vol. 11, no. 1, GBPress- Gregorian Biblical Press, 1930, pp. 23–62, {{JSTOR|42613807}}, p.35</ref> where it joins [[Wadi an Nuway'imah]] (Nuei'ameh, Nu'eima, etc.) on the right bank.<ref>Trelawney Saunders, ''An Introduction to the Survey of Western Palestine: Its Waterways, Plains & Highlands'', 1881, [https://books.google.com/books?id=9YlCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA169 p. 169] ([[:File:An introduction to the survey of Western Palestine - its waterways, plains & highlands (IA introductiontosu00saunrich).pdf|file @ Commons]])</ref> During the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman times]] there was a bridge, destroyed during the [[World War I]] by the retreating Ottomans. During the war it was an important [[bridgehead]]. |
||
==References== |
==References== |
||
| Line 8: | Line 7: | ||
{{reflist}} |
{{reflist}} |
||
[[Category:Bridges over the |
[[Category:Bridges over the Jordan River]] |
||
[[Category:Geography of Palestine (region)]] |
|||
Latest revision as of 09:45, 1 May 2023
Ghoraniyeh or El Ghorahiyeh is a crossing (ford) by the Jordan River south of Wadi Nimrin on the left bank[1] where it joins Wadi an Nuway'imah (Nuei'ameh, Nu'eima, etc.) on the right bank.[2] During the Ottoman times there was a bridge, destroyed during the World War I by the retreating Ottomans. During the war it was an important bridgehead.
References
[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ghoraniyeh.