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Turshiz

ترشيز

A city of the Nishapur district, populated, walled and ditched, with gardens and trade; two stages from Yanabadh. 1

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Turshiz is one of the cities of Nishapur, populous, with a wall, a ditch, gardens and trade. It lies two stages from Yanabidh, according to al-Idrisi. 2 It is among the districts of Nishapur.

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 464
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.464
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