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al-Rūsiyya (land)

الروسية

A large land with few towns and scattered settlements; the author says its people have constant raids and wars with their neighbours, and names Zāqa, Tarūbiyya and Ghalīsiya among its cities 1.

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Russia is a large land with few cities, whose buildings are widely spaced. Al-Idrisi mentions that its people have constant wars and raids with their neighbours, and he names among its cities Zaqa, Tarubiya and Ghalisiya. 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. 904
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.904
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