Mahistār
مهستار
A fine, populous city on a great river from the north, at the far west of the large island, twelve miles from the sea 1.
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Mahistar is a fine, prosperous city on a large river that comes to it from the north. According to al-Idrisi, it lies at the far west of the great island and twelve miles from the sea. 2
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- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 944
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.944
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