Ghaghan
غاغان
A city on the lake named after it, with a workshop for silk garments; Turkish merchants buy much there; six stages from Qarantiyya. 1
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Ghaghan is a city on a lake that bears its name. It has a workshop for making silk garments, and Turkish merchants come from it with much merchandise. It lies six stages from Qarantiya, according to al-Idrisi. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 708
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.708
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