Madyar
ماديار
A city of broad buildings and many villages on the bank of the Ganges, rich in wealth; seven stages from Nahrawara. 1
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Madyar is a city of wide buildings and many villages, on the bank of the Ganges river. Al-Idrisi describes it as abounding in wealth. It lies seven stages from Nahrawara. 2
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- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 194
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.194
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