Talk:Al-Sharat

Connection to Jabal ash-Sharah
This mountain range almost doesn't show up on English Wiki, and it's missing in lots of places (only think of Petra). If it is closely related to this article's topic, which seems plausible, it should at least be mentioned here. That would allow wikilinks and maybe even redirects to be created, at least until Jabal ash-Sharah gets its own article. Arminden (talk) 20:40, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
 * hi, I just looked up the edit history. This is yours, as well?! I had no idea. Can you please look into my question? Is it just a peak, as a lonely website indicates, or is it the whole range rising above Wadi Arabah/Arava from the east around Petra? What are the boundaries, mainly N and S? There is close to nothing online. Mount Seir mentions the term, but w/o a source. Last year I had dropped a question about the meaning of the name on that talk page, too, but w/o any response. Thanks, Arminden (talk) 22:46, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
 * BibleGateway has an entry on Seir - not mountain or land of, just Seir. According to their bibliography, it's from the The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible. It suggests an evolution of the term's geographical meaning, and ends by saying that "The present writer feels that a dogmatic conclusion is unwarranted." This line we should follow as well. Arminden (talk) 23:01, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
 * This article is about the highland region running south from Wadi Mujib. Like most Arabic places, there are several transliterations: al-Sharat, al-Sharah or al-Shara, with or without Jabal, Jibal or Bilad. The name is used til now for the region and its usage dates back to the early Islamic period. To my knowledge, the name refers to the range (and probably the surrounding area) not a particular mountain, but that is common with the technically singular 'Jabal' (such as Jabal Nablus, Jabal Amil, Jabal Bahra). It is one of the three main highland areas of Jordan, the other two being the Balqa (Amman, Salt, Madaba) and Jabal Ajlun/Jabal Jarash/Jabal Awf (around Irbid). Did not know beforehand the relation with Seir but there could be an etymological link with al-Shara. If such a link exists, would be great to find a reliable source and add it to the article.
 * And yes, itshould redirect here or we should rename this article 'Jabal al-Sharah' since the current title more commonly refers to the early Islamic subdivision. Al Ameer (talk) 05:11, 4 September 2022 (UTC)