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Thakan Bridge

قنطرة ثكان

A bridge on the Musin river near the gate of Arjan, which al-Idrisi says rivals the bridge of Cordoba. 1

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A bridge on the river Masan, near the Gate of Arjan. Al-Idrisi mentions that it rivals the Bridge of Cordoba in al-Andalus. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 421
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.421
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islam.museum contributors. “Thakan Bridge”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/qantarat-thakan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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