Madsūna
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A large, populous city whose people are fire-worshipping Magians, three hundred miles from the fortress of Falmūs 1.
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Madsuna is a large city with a congregational mosque, prosperous and densely populated. Al-Idrisi says that its people are Magians who worship fire. It lies three hundred miles from the fortress of Falmus. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 954
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.954
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