Mayyafariqin
ميافارقين
A large, fine and fertile city at the foot of a mountain, where wide cloths and fine woven stuffs are made; two stages from Amid. 1
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Mayyafariqin is a large, fine and fertile city at the foot of a mountain. Broad cloths, sabaniyyat and the well-known takak are made there. According to al-Idrisi it lies two stages from Amid. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 663
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.663
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