Amid (Diyarbakir)
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A fine, fertile city with a wall of black stone, running water inside its walls, mills and gardens; al-Idrisi counts it among the chief cities of the Jazira. 1
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A fine and fertile city, with a wall of black stones. Inside its wall there is running water, mills and gardens. al-Idrisi describes it as one of the highest cities of the Jazira. 1
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- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 663
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