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Ārthā

أرثا

A fine city on a strong mountain; the author, citing al-Ḥawqalī, says strangers entering it were killed 1 2.

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Arsa: a fine city on a strong mountain. al-Idrisi reports, on the authority of al-Hawqali, that strangers used to be killed on entering it. 3 4

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  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 917
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 918
  3. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.917
  4. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.918
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islam.museum contributors. “Ārthā”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/arsa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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