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Bulghār

بلغار

The name of a city with Christians and Muslims and a congregational mosque; the author places it near Sawār 1.

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Bulghar: the name of a city in which there are Christians and Muslims, and in which there is a congregational mosque. al-Idrisi reports that it is near the city of Suwar. 2

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  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 918
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.918
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