Ush
أوش
A fine town on the bank of a river with a strong wall joined to the city wall and a fine citadel, on the border of Farghana toward the Turkish lands. 1
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Ush is a city on the bank of a river, which al-Idrisi describes as fine in its location. It has a strong wall joined to the city's wall, and a fine citadel (qahandiz). It lies on the border of Farghana on the side of the land of the Turks. 2
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- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 508
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.508
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islam.museum contributors. “Ush”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/ush/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.