Samandar (Caspian)
سمندر (بحر الخزر)
Once a great city built by Anushirwan with trees, vines and fields beyond description; the Rus tribe later destroyed and changed it. Four days from the Gate of the Gates. 1
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Samandar on the Khazar Sea is a city that was great in past times, built by Anushirwan, according to al-Idrisi. In it were trees, vines and crops beyond description. Then the Rus tribe changed it and destroyed it. From Samandar to Bab al-Abwab it is four days. 2
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- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 835
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.835
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