Thābūn
ثابون
A fortified city on a mountain top with much fertility, in the land of the Bulghars, with the mountain Qūqāyā to its north 1.
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Thabun is a fortified city on the peak of a mountain, populous and very fertile, in the land of Bulghar. To its north stands Mount Qawqaya, according to al-Idrisi. 2
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- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 959
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.959
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