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Astrikūna

أستركونة

The capital of the land of Bawāmiya, the largest and most populous of its cities, which the author calls the seat of the realm and of the kings of Bawāmiya 1.

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Astrikuna: the capital of the land of Bawamiyya, the greatest and widest of its cities in building and the most populous, according to al-Idrisi. He reports that it is the seat of the kingdom and the residence of the kings of Bawamiyya. 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. 877
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.877
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