al-Tawawis
الطواويس
A populous town inside the walls of Bukhara, with the largest pulpit in the district, visited by people and merchants from everywhere, with much goods brought in. 1
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Al-Tawawis is a populous city inside the wall of Bukhara. Al-Idrisi says its pulpit is the greatest pulpit of the region, and that people and merchants come to it from every place, and much goods are brought to it. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 495
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.495
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