Canadian historian dan gibson has discovered that early islamic mosques were oriented to four different places. A critical look at the newest historical research on islam and the earliest quranic manuscripts. Daniel dan gibson born 1956 is a selfpublished canadian author studying the early history. Quranic geography hardcover january 1, 2011 by dan gibson author. Read the nabataeans, builders of petra online by dan gibson. I came across a book called islamic geography by dan gibson. All the qiblas were facing towards petra until 725 ad, and. A geographical approach as well as kister work on the. In the book quranic geography, the author dan gibson makes a case that the orientation of early mosques is evidence for petra playing a major role for the beginnings of islam. Talking with dan gibson this video addresses the question. Quranic geography dan gibson pdf 99 by sioseconre issuu. Until the early eighth century, he claims, they all point to petra and from the time of the abbasids to mecca. It introduces his background, and a bit about why he is making th. Dan gibson explores all of the places named in the quran, in order to situate its places, peoples, and prophets into a geographic context.
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