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Ithil

أثل

The capital of the land of the Khazars, on the river Ithil, which the author says flows into the Khazar Sea 1.

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Atil is the capital of the land of the Khazars. It lies on the river Atil, which flows and drains into the Khazar Sea, according to al-Idrisi. 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. 919
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.919
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islam.museum contributors. “Ithil”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/itil/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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