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Niyast

نياست

A populous city on the Ganges with much grain, seven stages from Madyar. 1

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Niyast is a thriving city with many inhabitants, on the river Jangis, with much grain. According to al-Idrisi it lies seven stages from Madyar. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 194
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.194
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islam.museum contributors. “Niyast”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/niyast/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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