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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Main Author: Sarēgiannēs, Marinos 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2024
In: 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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