Nicaea (Iznik)
نيقية
An ancient, famous city that was once the seat of the Roman kingdom before Constantinople was built; it stands by a long broad lake about twelve miles long, three miles from the sea. 1
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Nicaea is an ancient, well-known city. In earlier times it was the seat of the kingdom of the Romans, before Constantinople was built, when the kingship moved there, according to al-Idrisi. It lies on a lake about twelve miles long, and three 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. 805
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.805
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