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Bish (Pisa)

بيش

A famous city of the Roman lands with many markets and houses, which has boats, horses and readiness, on a river that comes down from the hills; about forty miles from Genoa. 1

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Bish: a famous city among the bases of the land of the Romans, with many markets and houses, and with ships, horses and provisions. It lies on a river that comes to it from a mountain, and it lies about forty miles from Genoa. The museum's record gives it as Pisa. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 750
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.750
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islam.museum contributors. “Bish (Pisa)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/bish/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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