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Kas (Sijistan)

كس (سجستان)

A small town with a wall, whose people are craftsmen and travellers, most of them weavers and traders, on the edge of the desert. 1

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Kas is a small town with a wall in Sistan. Its people are wanderers who turn aside, most of them weavers and merchants. It lies on the edge of the desert, according to al-Idrisi. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 458
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.458
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