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Leon

ليون

A populous city with fighting men and people of spirit; one of the cities of Castile, four days from Zamora and three from Shant Yaqub. 1

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León is a town with warrior men, whose people are high-minded and noble, and it was one of the towns of Castile. 2

It lies four days from Zamora and three days from Sant Yakub, 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. 732
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.732
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islam.museum contributors. “Leon”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/leon/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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