Siniyyat al-Sin
صينية الصين
A city matched by none in size and building, to which merchants gather from every land; the great king of China, called Baghbugh, resides there. 1
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A city with no equal in size and density of buildings, to which merchants gather from the lands. In it is a king of the kings of China known as al-Baghbugh, the greatest king, 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. 211
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.211
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