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Jantiyār

جنتيار

A large, populous city on a high mountain that is hard to climb, not under any king's rule; the author gives seven days from Qulārī 1.

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Jantiyar is a large, populous city on the top of a mountain that is not easy to climb, and it is not under the obedience of any king. Al-Idrisi says it lies seven days from Qalawri. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 955
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.955
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