al-Rūsiyya (land)
الروسية
A large land with few towns and scattered settlements; the author says its people have constant raids and wars with their neighbours, and names Zāqa, Tarūbiyya and Ghalīsiya among its cities 1.
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Russia is a large land with few cities, whose buildings are widely spaced. Al-Idrisi mentions that its people have constant wars and raids with their neighbours, and he names among its cities Zaqa, Tarubiya and Ghalisiya. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 904
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.904
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