Qayn
قاين
A clay-walled city of mud-brick buildings, with a citadel and a ditch; about one stage in size and two stages from Yanabadh. 1
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Qayn is a city built of mud brick, with a citadel (qasaba) and a ditch around it. Its extent is about a stage, and it lies two stages from Yanabidh, according to al-Idrisi. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 462
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.462
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