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Gharkhān

غرخان

A large, populous city where the king of Isqawtiya resides; the author gives eight stages from Namjān 1.

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Gharkhan is a large town, well populated, where the king of Asquitia lives. Al-Idrisi says that it lies eight stages from Namjan. 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. 924
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.924
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islam.museum contributors. “Gharkhān”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/gharkhan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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