Rouen
رطوماغش
A large, well-known city on the river in the land of Nurmandiya; the author places Bentiz thirty miles to the south as the last settlement of Nurmandiya 1.
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Rutumaghash, which is Rouen, is a large, well-known city on the river in the land of Normandy, according to al-Idrisi. He mentions that it lies thirty miles from Bantiz, and that Bantiz is the southernmost of the districts of Normandy. 2
An additional source is needed: identifying the modern name of the city.
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 866
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.866
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islam.museum contributors. “Rouen”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/rouen/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.