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Qarantiyya

قرنطية

The first city of the Kimak lands, large, with a strong wall and horses and horsemen, on a great lake said to be six days long and a day and a half wide; seven days from Bakhwan. 1

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The first of the cities of the Kimakiyya, a great city with a strong wall, horses and horsemen. 2

It lies on a great lake which is said to be six days long and a day and a half wide. It lies seven days from Bakhuan. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 708
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.708
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