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Limoges

ليموجش

A fine, strong city with abundant produce, conspicuous buildings and wide cultivation; capital of the Anjou district, sixty miles from Mont Lichon. 1

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Limoges is a fine, fortified town with wealth, conspicuous buildings and crops. The Nuzha describes it as the capital of the province of Anjou. 2

From it to the town of Mont Lechon is sixty miles. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 741
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.741
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