Sus (Khuzistan)

السوس (خوزستان)

A civilised city with every good thing, palms and much sugar cane made into sugar, and known for fruit and cloth. 1

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Sus is a civilised city gathering every good thing. It has palms and much cane from which sugar is made. It is renowned for fruits and kinds of cloth, according to al-Idrisi. 2

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  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 396
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.396
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