Bish (Pisa)
بيش
A famous city of the Roman lands with many markets and houses, which has boats, horses and readiness, on a river that comes down from the hills; about forty miles from Genoa. 1
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Bish: a famous city among the bases of the land of the Romans, with many markets and houses, and with ships, horses and provisions. It lies on a river that comes to it from a mountain, and it lies about forty miles from Genoa. The museum's record gives it as Pisa. 2
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- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 750
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.750
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