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, Spanish Córdoba , French Cordoue , English, Italian and German Cordova ( Kordova ), Latin Corduba , a town of southern Spain situated at 370 feet above sea-level on the right (north) bank of the central course of the Guadalquivir (from the Arabic al-Wādī al-Kabīr “the great river”), the ancient Baetis, with 1,234,000 inhabitants, is at the present day the capital of the province of the same name which lies on both sides of the river in the heart of Andalusia. The southern and smaller half of the province, practically the famous La Campiña [see ḳanbāniya ], rising in …

(a.), bow (noun of uncertain gender). The numerous types of bow attested at various times in the Islamic world are designated by expressions which include this word, in a very general sense, together with adjectives ( ḳaws ḥid̲j̲āzī , fārisī , etc.) or nouns in annexation to it ( ḳaws al-ḥusbān , ḳaws al-rid̲j̲l , etc.). Furthermore, one often finds qualities inherent in the weapon used to designate various types of bow ( al-katūm , al-rahīs̲h̲ , al-zawrāʾ , etc., see below, § 3). 1. Generalities and origins In classical antiquity and the Christian west, gallantry was especially di…