Mabānisa
مبانصة
One of the principal cities of the land of the Germans, populous and rich in crops; the author gives thirty miles south to Furmīza 1.
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Mabanisa is one of the strongholds of the land of al-Lamaniyya. Al-Idrisi describes it as a noble, prosperous city with abundant harvests, and places it thirty miles south of Firmiza. 2
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- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 872
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.872
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