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Ibn Hawqal Quotes

d. 970

Ibn Ḥawqal (died after AD 978/AH 368) was a 10th-century Arab Muslim writer, geographer, and chronicler who travelled from AD 943 to 969.

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The reason why Multán is designated "the boundary of the house of gold" is, that the Muhammadans, though poor at the time they conquered the place, enriched themselves by the gold which they found in it.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ibn Hawqal (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.