Filibi (Philippopolis)
فيلبوبلس
A large, inhabited city with fields, fifty miles east of Adrianople; described as one of the populous cities of that district. 1
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Philippopolis is a large, populated town with farms, fifty miles east of Adrianople. Al-Idrisi counts it among the flourishing towns of that region. 2
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- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 797
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.797
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