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Afsin

أفسين

A small town which al-Idrisi names as the town of the People of the Cave; near it is a cave in a mountain, with a stepped approach, where the sleepers lie on their sides; between Amorium and Nicaea. 1

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Afsin: a small town which al-Idrisi says is the town of the People of the Cave. Near it is a cave in a mountain with a climb from the surface of the earth like steps, in which dead people lie on their left sides. It lies between Amorium and Nicaea. 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. 802
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.802
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