Atil (Khazar capital)
إتل
The city of the Khazars and their capital; two cities on the two banks of the river, the king living on the western bank and the people on the eastern, about two miles apart, both walled. 1
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Atil: the city of the Khazars and their capital, according to al-Idrisi. It is two cities on the two banks of the river: the king lives in the western city and the people in the eastern city, about two miles apart, and a strong wall surrounds both. 2
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- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 834
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.834
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