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Ṭrābazanda

أطرابزندة

A fine city on the coast that was once a trading centre and destination for merchants; the author gives nine and a half sea-stages from Constantinople 1 2.

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Trebizond is a fine city on the bank of the sea, which was a market and a destination for merchants, according to al-Idrisi. He mentions that between it and Constantinople there are nine and a half sea passages. 3 4

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 907
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 908
  3. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.907
  4. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.908
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islam.museum contributors. “Ṭrābazanda”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/trebizond/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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