Arṣāh
ارصاه
A populous city with many houses, abundant water and rivers, vineyards and farms, at the foot of the great mountain Rashnān; the author gives four stages from Khaymākhīth 1.
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Arsah: a populous city with many houses, waters and rivers, and with vineyards and farms, on the great mountain of Rashnan. al-Idrisi reports that four stages lie between it and Khaymakhith. 2
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- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 931
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.931
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