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Also Known As Bozrah • Bosorra • Bosora • Buṣrā al-Shām

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Ancient stone columns and arches of Bostra's Roman ruins in Syria, with a tall, partially intact gateway framed against the sky in the background.
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Arabia
Arabia
Roman province
Syria
Syria
country, Asia
Roman Forum
ancient Rome
ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia

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Ibn Kathīr
Muslim scholar

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