Shaqubiyya (Segovia)
شقوبية
Joined villages rather than a city; its people ride horses, the buildings are close together, the people are many, and they breed livestock; about fifty miles from Toledo. 1
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Shaqubiyya is a group of gathered villages rather than a city, according to al-Idrisi. Its people ride horses, its buildings are interlaced, there are many people in it, and its people possess produce and grazing herds. It lies about fifty miles from Toledo. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 733
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.733
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