al-Jawzjan
الجوزجان
A district with rural areas in the hills, where tanned hides are brought in and from which goods are shipped; its towns include Faryab, Ashburqan and Anbar. 1
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Al-Jawzjan is the name of a district with farmlands in the mountains. Tanned hides are brought to it, and luggage is made from them. Among its towns are al-Faryat, Ashburqan and Anbar, 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. 478
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.478
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