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Zam

زم

A town nearly as large as Amul, with buildings, fields, trade and crafts, on the road of travellers to Khurasan; four stages from Tirmidh. 1

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Zam is a city approaching Amul in size, with buildings, crops, trade and crafts, according to al-Idrisi. It lies on the road of Khurasan's travellers, and four stages from Tirmidh. 2

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  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 481
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.481
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