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Name of this article[edit]

The Arabic article al-, corresponding to the English "the", is in specific cases read in combination with the following word. E.g. when followed by d, dh, n, r, s, sh, t, z, it is read ad-, adh-, an-, ar-, as-, ash-, at-, az-. In English this is almost always also the way it is then being transliterated (written), or (less often) generally as al-. As far as I can tell, only in Israel is it simplified to just a-. There are also variations concerning the vowel, older authors use "e", as in el-, ez- etc., but al-, az- etc. are now the common way.

Also, the vast majority of sources call the Jerusalem gate and the quarter north of it xxx-Zahra, not xxx-Zahara.

SO: az-Zahra, or more traditionally al-Zahra, would be the more common way of writing it; a-Zahara is typical only for Israeli authors who write in English. You take it from here and decide :) Arminden (talk) 12:20, 28 August 2015 (UTC)Arminden[reply]

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