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Tournai

طرناي

A well-built, civilised city in the land of Lubān with districts, villages and settlements; the author gives thirty miles from Ghent to the south-west 1 and fifteen miles from Shant Mīr 2.

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Tournai is a civilised, fine city in the land of Liban, with districts, villages and buildings, according to al-Idrisi. He mentions that it lies thirty miles from Qanat, between the west and the south, 3 and fifteen miles from Shant Mir. 4

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 870
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 871
  3. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.870
  4. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.871
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