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Thinkh

ثينخ

A fortified town in Tibet with a stone wall and a single gate, with much trade with its neighbours. 1

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Thinkh is a city in the land of Tibet, fortified, with a wall of stone and a single gate. Al-Idrisi mentions that there are many works and trades in it with their neighbours. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 513
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.513
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islam.museum contributors. “Thinkh”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/thinkh/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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