Talk:Howeitat

Is it Huwaytat or Howeitat?
There are several different spellings of the name in this article. 14.202.126.212 (talk) 08:23, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

20th century historian negates 16th century historian?
If the 16th century historian al-Nahrawali said that the Howeitat were in northwestern (present day) Saudi Arabia during his time, what evidence leads the 20th century historian Salibi to negate that claim? How would have al-Nahrawali have guessed that the Howeitat would somehow end up exactly where he had guessed they would, 300 years later? I understand that a 16th century historian might be incorrect about something. But this seems to be an odd sequence of events. Historian A says, "Fact B is true today," in 1550; Historian C speaks in 1950 and says, "Fact B is true today, but it only became true in 1825, regardless of Historian A having said it was true during his time." It's not impossible, or even improbable, but it calls for an explanation, which this article does not give. Was al-Nahrawali merely speculating, and got lucky? Was he anticipating an event which seemed likely to happen? What evidence is the basis of Salibi's contention that al-Nahrawali was incorrect? —catsmoke talk 20:19, 4 May 2024 (UTC)