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Babil (Babylon)

بابل

A small village that was once a great city; al-Idrisi says it was an old great capital, and that it is now a small place. 1

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Babil: a small village that was formerly a great city. al-Idrisi reports that it was once a great capital in ancient times, and that half of its size is now a small district. 2

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Mentioned in
Qur'an 2:102

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 670
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.670
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