Tinbagh
تنبغ
The chief city of the Taghazghaz Turks, a great walled city; al-Idrisi says its people are Magians who worship fire. 1
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Tinbagh is the great city of the Turkish land of the Taghzaghzi, a great city with a wall. Al-Idrisi mentions that its people are Magians who worship fire. 2
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- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 511
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.511
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islam.museum contributors. “Tinbagh”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/tinbagh/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.