A Tale of Two Cities: Jābarṣā/Jābalqā and Their Metamorphoses
Although the twin cities at the west and east edges of the world, Jābarṣā (Jābarṣ, Jābalṣā, Jāburṣā) and Jābalqā (Jābalq, Jābarqā), are somehow commonplace in Islamicate cosmographies throughout the medieval period, surprisingly little research exists on them. The main lines of the legend, as formul...
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Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2024
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Der Islam
Year: 2024, Volume: 101, Issue: 1, Pages: 162-192 |
Further subjects: | B
imaginary geographies
B Illuminationism B cosmography B Alexander Romance B Legends B Jābarṣā and Jābalqā |
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