Sisiyan
سيسيان
One of the sixteen cities of the Kimak kings, which al-Idrisi names with Buragh, Manan and Mustanah; twelve days from Astur. 1
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Sisiyan is one of the cities of the sixteen kings of the Kimakiyya. Al-Idrisi mentions it together with Buragh, Manan and Mustanah, and says it lies twelve days from Asturur. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 716
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.716
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