Banjar (Kimak)
بنجار (الكيماك)
A large town with soldiers, arms and wealth, where tigers and other animals are found; its people carry furs to distant lands; about three days from Suraws. 1
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Banjar: a large city in extent, with troops, numbers and wealth, and in it are kinds of tigers and other animals, according to al-Idrisi. Its people carry furs out to the regions of the land. It lies about three days from Sarawas. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 709
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.709
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