Bayan
بيان
A town on the eastern bank of the Tigris with a pulpit; al-Idrisi says its people are keen to rise above their peers. 1
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A city on the Tigris on its east bank, which has a pulpit. Its people are eager that their standing should rise above that of those who are their equals. 2
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- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 399
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.399
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