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Ghaza

Definition
Gaza (/ˈɡɑːzə/;[4] Arabic: غزة‎ Ġazzah, IPA: [ˈɣazza]; Hebrew: עזה‎ Azzah; Ancient Greek: Γάζα), also referred to asGaza City, is a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip, with a population of 515,556, making it the largest city in the State of Palestine. Inhabited since at least the 15th century BC,[5] Gaza has been dominated by several different peoples and empires throughout its history. The Philistines made it a part of their pentapolis after the Ancient Egyptians had ruled it for nearly 350 years.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Ahwaz

Definition
Ahvaz (Persian: اهواز Ahvāz‎) is a city in the south of Iran.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Walilah

Definition
Volubilis (Arabic: وليلي‎ Walīlī) is a partly excavated Roman city in Morocco situated near Meknes between Fes andRabat. Built in a fertile agricultural area, it was developed from the 3rd century BC onwards as a Phoenician (and later Carthaginian) settlement. It grew rapidly under Roman rule from the 1st century AD onwards and expanded to cover about 40 hectares (100 acres) with a 2.6 km (1.6 mi) circuit of walls. The city gained a number of major public buildings in the 2nd century, including a basilica, temple and triumphal arch. Its prosperity, which was derived principally from olive growing, prompted the construction of many fine town-houses with large mosaic floors.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Palestine

Definition
Palestine (Arabic: فلسطين‎ Filasṭīn, Falasṭīn, Filisṭīn; Greek: Παλαιστίνη, Palaistinē; Latin: Palaestina; Hebrew: פלשתינהPalestina) is a geographic region in Western Asia between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. It is sometimes considered to include adjoining territories. The name was used by Ancient Greek writers, and was later used for the Roman province Syria Palaestina, the Byzantine Palaestina Prima and the Umayyad and Abbasid province of Jund Filastin. The region is also known as the Land of Israel (Hebrew: ארץ־ישראל Eretz-Yisra'el), the Holy Land or Promised Land, and historically has been known as the Southern portion of wider regional designations such as Canaan, Syria, as-Sham and the Levant.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Umm al-Qurrah

Definition
Mecca (/ˈmɛkə/; Arabic: مكة‎, Makkah), also transliterated as Makkah (/ˈmækə/), is a city in the Hejaz, and is the destination of the hajj ("pilgrimage") period held in the twelfth Muslim lunar month of Dhu al-Hijjah.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

al-Ramlah

Definition
Ramla (Hebrew: רַמְלָה, Ramla; Arabic: الرملة‎, ar-Ramlah) is a city in central Israel. Ramla was founded circa 705–715 CE by the Umayyad governor and future caliph Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Harunabad

Definition
Harunabad (Persian: هارون اباد‎, also Romanized as Hārūnābād) is a village in Sofalgaran Rural District, Lalejin District, Bahar County, Hamadan Province, Iran.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Madinat Harat

Definition
Herat (Persian: هرات‎, also Romanized as Herāt; also, Burd Herat (Persian: بورد هِرات‎), also Romanized as Būrd Harāt and Būrd Herāt; also, Harāt Khowreh and Herāt-i-Khurreh; formerly, Tājābād and Tājābād-e Harāt)[1] is a city and capital of Khatam County, Yazd Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 10,795, in 2,751 families.[2]
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Hisn Kayfa

Definition
Hasankeyf (Kurmanji Kurdish: Heskîf, Arabic: حصن كيفا‎, Greek: Κιφας, Latin: Cepha, from Syriac: ܚܨܢ ܟܐܦܐ Ḥéṣn Kayfa) is an ancient town and district located along the Tigris River in the Batman Province in southeastern Turkey. It was declared a natural conservation area by Turkey in 1981. Predominantly Armenian and Arab before, a steady and significant Kurdish immigration from surrounding villages in the last 20–30 years - combined with the effects of the Armenian and Assyrian Genocide - has shifted the ethnic balance. Kurdish people form the majority of the city centre today.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Daniyah

Definition
Medieval muslim mint located in the actual city of Dénia, in the province of Alicante, Spain. It began minting coins after the dissolution of the Caliphate of Córdoba when it became the capital of an important taifa kingdom between the 11th and 13th centuries, which even conquered the Balearic Islands and competed with the Italian merchant republics of the time. For the non-muslim mint of Zaragoza, see "Dénia".
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Ra's al-ayn

Definition
Ras al-Ayn (Arabic: رأس العين‎ Ras al-Ayn, Kurdish: Serê Kanîyê, Classical Syriac: ܪܝܫ ܥܝܢܐ Rēš Aynā) is a Syrian city administratively belonging to Al-Hasakah Governorate.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Dunaysir

Definition
Kızıltepe (Kurdish: Qoser, Ottoman Turkish: Koçhisar or Tell-Ermen (meaning "Armenian hill"),[3] Arabic: دنيصر‎) is a town in, and a district of Mardin Province of Turkey.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Qazwin

Definition
Qazwin (/kæzˈviːn/; Persian: قزوین‎, ), also Romanized as Qazvīn, Caspin, Qazwin, or Ghazvin) is the capital of the Province of Qazvin in Iran.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Venice

Definition
The mint(s) in the city of Venice (Italian: Venezia, alternative obsolete form: Vinegia; Venetian: Venexia /veˈnɛzja/; Latin: Venetiae) is a city in northeastern Italy sited on a group of 117 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges. It is located in the marshy Venetian Lagoon which stretches along the shoreline, between the mouths of the Po and the Piave Rivers.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Arwand

Definition
Arwand (Persian: اروند‎; also known as Arband) is a village in Tus Rural District, in the Central District of Mashhad County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Siqilliyah

Definition
The stated mint "Siqilliyah" is located in medieval Palermo, a city on the island of Sicily, Italy. For other instances of the Palermo mint, see the IDs "Madinat Siqilliyah", "Balarm" and "Palermo".
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

al-Lafr

Definition
Stub for this mint
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Madinat Siwas

Definition
Sivas (Armenian: Սեբաստիա;Kurdish: Sêwas;Latin: Sebastia, Sebastea, Sebasteia, Sebaste) is a Turkish city in central Turkey and the seat of Sivas Province. According to a 2011 estimate, its urban population is 425,297.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

al-Qayrawan

Definition
Kairouan (Arabic: القيروان‎ Al Qairawān), also known as Kirwan or al-Qayrawan, is the capital of the Kairouan Governorate in Tunisia. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The city was founded by the Arabs around 670.[1] In the period of Caliph Mu'awiya (reigned 661-680), it became an important centre for Sunni Islamic scholarship andQuranic learning,[2] and thus attracting a large number of Muslims from various parts of the world, next only to Meccaand Medina. The holy Mosque of Uqba is situated in the city.[3][4]
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Ankara

Definition
Ankara (/ˈæŋkərə/;[2] Turkish pronunciation: [ˈaŋ.ka.ɾa] ( listen); historically known by the names Ancyra and Angora) is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city, Istanbul being the largest
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Farwan

Definition
Faravan (Persian: فروان‎, also Romanized as Faravān, Farvān, Farwān, and Forvān) is a village in Faravan Rural District, Kohanabad District, Aradan County, Semnan Province, Iran.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Kirman

Definition
Kerman (Persian: كرمان‎, also Romanized as Kermān, Kermun, and Kirman; also known as Carmania) is the capital city of Kerman Province, Iran.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

al-Urdunn

Definition
Amman (English pronunciation: /ɑːˈmɑːn/; Arabic: عمّان‎ ʿAmmān), is the capital and most populous city of Jordan. It is the country's political, cultural and commercial centre and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Mardin

Definition
Mardin (Kurdish: Mêrdîn, Syriac: ܡܶܪܕܺܝܢ, Arabic/Ottoman Turkish: ماردين Mārdīn, Armenian: Մարդին) is a city in southeastern Turkey. The capital of Mardin Province, it is known for the Artuqid (Artıklı or Artuklu in Turkish) architecture of its old city, and for its strategic location on a rocky hill near the Tigris River that rises steeply over the flat plains.[4]
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Acre

Definition
Acre (/ˈɑːkər/ or /ˈeɪkər/, Hebrew: עַכּוֹ, ʻAkko, most commonly spelled as Akko; Arabic: عكّا‎, ʻAkkā, Ancient Greek,Akre, Ἄκρη) is a city in the northern coastal plain region of northern Israel at the northern extremity of Haifa Bay. The city occupies an important location, as it sits on the coast of the Mediterranean, traditionally linking the waterways and commercial activity with the Levant.[2] Acre is one of the oldest continuously inhabited sites in the world.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Sawah

Definition
Sāveh (Persian: ساوه‎, also transliterated as Sāva) is a city in the Markazi Province of Iran. It is located about 100 km southwest of Tehran.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Madinat Abrashahr

Definition
Abarshahr is another name for Nishapur mint
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Shiraz

Definition
Shiraz (Persian: شیراز‎, Šīrāz) is the sixth most populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars Province.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Madinat al-Salam

Definition
Madinat al-Salam or the city of peace is the original core of Baghdad, built by the Abbasid Caliph al-Mansur in AD 762–767 as the official residence of the Abbasid court.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Serez

Definition
Sérres (Greek: Σέρρες, katharevousa: Σέρραι, Sérrai) is a city in Macedonia, Greece, capital of the Serres regional unit and second largest city in the region of Central Macedonia, after Thessaloniki. Serres is one of the administrative and economic centers of Northern Greece. The city is situated in a fertile plain at an elevation of about 70 metres (230 feet), some 24 kilometres (15 miles) northeast of the Strymon river and 69 km (43 mi) north-east of Thessaloniki, respectively. Serres' official municipal population was 76,817 in 2011 with the total number of people living in the city and its immediate surroundings estimated at around 100,000. The city is home to theTechnological Educational Institute of Central Macedonia (Greek: ΤΕΙ Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας), composed of the School of Technological Applications, the School of Management and Finance and the School of Graphic Arts and Design, with at least 10,000 Greek and international students.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

West Friesland

Definition
West Friesland (also West Frisia; Dutch: West-Friesland; West Frisian: West-Fryslân) is a contemporary region in the northwestern Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

al-Manadhir

Definition
The name of two districts, with tehir chief-towns, named Greater Manadhir & lIttle Manadhir in Khuzistan, Iran
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Tabaristan

Definition
Tabaristan, also known as Tapuria, was the name of the former historic region in the southern coasts of Caspian Sea roughly in the location of the northern and southern slopes of Elburz range in Iran.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Khoy

Definition
Khoy (Persian: خوی‎; also Romanized as Khoi, Khvoy, Khowy, Khuy, and Xoy), (Azerbaijani: Xoy); (Armenian: Խոյ) is a city in and the capital of Khoy County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Gumush Bazar

Definition
Gümüşhacıköy is located in the westernmost district of Amasya Province of Turkey, 20 km from the larger town ofMerzifon. It covers an area of 653 km², and the population (2010 census) is 24,806 of which 14,525 live in the town of Gümüşhacıköy, with the remainder spread throughout the surrounding mountainous countryside. The mayor is Zehra Özyol (CHP).
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Sabur Khwast

Definition
Khoramabad, Khurramabad, Khorram Abad and Khur Ramābād) is a city in and capital of Lorestan Province, Iran.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Gorgan

Definition
Gorgan (Persian: Gorgān‎, also Romanized as Gorgān and Gūrgān; Caspian: Wergen; formerly, Esterabad or Astarabad (Persian: Astarābad‎, also Romanized as Asterābād), is the capital of Golestan Province, Iran. It lies approximately 400 km (250 mi) to the north east of Tehran.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Madinat Quniyah

Definition
Konya (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈkon.ja]; Greek: Ικόνιον Ikónion, Latin: Iconium) is a city in the Central Anatolia Regionof Turkey. It is the seventh most populous city in Turkey. As of 2011, the Konya Metropolitan Municipality had a population close to 1.1 million. Konya is an economically and industrially developed city.[2][3][4] It is the capital ofKonya Province.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Suq al-Ahwaz

Definition
Ahvaz (Persian: اهواز Ahvāz‎) is a city in the south of Iran.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Halab

Definition
Aleppo (/əˈlɛpoʊ) serves as the capital of Aleppo Governorate.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

al-Iskandariyah

Definition
Alexandria (/ˌælɪɡˈzændrɪə/ or /ˌælɪɡˈzɑːndrɪə/;[1] اسكندرية, pronounced [eskendeˈrejjæ] in Egyptian Arabic)[see other names] is the second largest city and the second largest metropolitan area in Egypt after Greater Cairo by size and population, extending about 32 km (20 mi) along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north central part of the country. It is also the largest city lying directly on the Mediterranean coast.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Madinat Zaranj

Definition
Zaranj or Zarang (Persian/Pashto/Balochi: زرنج) is a city in southwestern Afghanistan, near the border with Iran, which has a population of approximately 49,851 people as of 2004.[1] It is the capital of Nimruz province and is linked by highways with Lashkar Gah to the east, Farah to the north and the Iranian city of Zabol to the west. Zaranj serves as the border crossing between Afghanistan and Iran, which is of significant importance to the trade-route betweenCentral Asia and South Asia with the Middle East.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Harat

Definition
Herat (Persian: هرات‎, also Romanized as Herāt; also, Burd Herat (Persian: بورد هِرات‎), also Romanized as Būrd Harāt and Būrd Herāt; also, Harāt Khowreh and Herāt-i-Khurreh; formerly, Tājābād and Tājābād-e Harāt)[1] is a city and capital of Khatam County, Yazd Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 10,795, in 2,751 families.[2]
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Darulhilafet Aliye

Definition
Constantinople (Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολις Konstantinoúpolis or Κωνσταντινούπολη Konstantinoúpoli; Latin:Constantinopolis; Ottoman Turkish: قسطنطینية, Kostantiniyye; modern Turkish: Istanbul) was the capital city of theRoman and Byzantine (330–1204 and 1261–1453), the Latin (1204–1261), and the Ottoman (1453–1922)empires. It was reinaugurated in 324 AD[1] at ancient Byzantium, as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Emperor Constantine the Great, after whom it was named, and dedicated on 11 May 330.[1] In the 12th century,[2] the city was the largest and wealthiest European city[3] and it was instrumental in the advancement ofChristianity during Roman and Byzantine times. After the loss of its territory, the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire was reduced to just its capital city and its environs, eventually falling to the Ottomans in 1453. Following the Muslim conquest, the former bastion of Christianity in the east, Constantinople, was turned into the Islamic capital of the Ottoman Empire, under which it prospered and flourished again. After the founding of the modernRepublic of Turkey —the successor state of the Ottoman Empire— the city was renamed Istanbul in 1923.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Vienna

Definition
The mint (s) in Vienna (German: Wien), the capital and largest city of Austria, and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.794 million. The city lies in the east of Austria and is close to the borders of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

al-Bab

Definition
Al-Bab (Arabic: الباب‎ / ALA-LC: al-Bāb) is a Syrian city administratively belonging to the Aleppo Governorate. Al-Bab is located northeast of Aleppo and has an area of 30 km².
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Taraz

Definition
Taraz (Kazakh: Тараз) is a city and the administrative center of Jambyl Region in Kazakhstan, located on the Talas (Taraz) River in the south of the country near the border with Kyrgyzstan. It had a population of 330,100 (1999 Census), up 9% from 1989, making it one of the fastest-growing cities in the country, after Astana and Türkistan.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Almeria

Definition
Almería (/ˌælməˈriːə/; Spanish: [almeˈɾi.a]) is a city in Andalusia, Spain, situated in the southeast of Spain on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the province of the same name.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Hamadhan

Definition
Hamedān (Persian: همدان‎, Hamedān) (Old Persian: Haŋgmetana, Ecbatana) is the capital city of Hamedan Province of Iran.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Al-Abbasiyah

Definition
earfly Abbasid site in North Africa
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Nakhjuwan

Definition
The city of Nakhchivan (Azerbaijani: Naxçıvan) is the capital of the eponymous Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan, located 450 km (280 mi) west of Baku.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Hillah

Definition
Hillah (Arabic: الحلة‎), also spelled Hilla or Al Hillah (BGN: Al Ḩillah) is a city in central Iraq on the Hilla branch of the Euphrates River, 100 km (62 mi) south of Baghdad.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Nishapur

Definition
Nishapur or Nishabur ( Persian: نیشابور‎, also Romanized as Nīshāpūr, Nīshābūr, and Neyshābūr from Middle Persian: New-Shabuhr, meaning "New City of Shapur", "Fair Shapur", or "Perfect built of Shapur") is a city in the Razavi Khorasan Province, capital of the Nishapur County and former capital of Khorasan, in northeastern Iran.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Tabriz

Definition
Tabriz (Persian: ‎تبریز, Azerbaijani: تبریز ,Tәbriz ) is the most populated city in the northwest of Iran, one of the historical capitals of Iran, and the present capital of East Azerbaijan Province.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Tarabulus, Libya

Definition
Tripoli (Arabic: طرابلس‎, Ṭarābulus; Berber: Ṭrables) is the de jure capital city and the largest city of Libya. Tripoli, with its metropolitan area, has a population of about 1.1 million people.[2] The city is located in the northwestern part of Libya on the edge of the desert, on a point of rocky land projecting into the Mediterranean and forming a bay.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Tashkent

Definition
Tashkent (/ˌtæʃˈkɛnt/; Uzbek: Toshkent, Тошкент [tɒʃˈkent]; Russian: Ташкент, [tɐʂˈkʲɛnt]; literally "Stone City") is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. The officially registered population of the city in 2012 was about 2,309,300.[1]
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Zaragossa

Definition
Zaragoza (/ˌzærəˈɡoʊzə/, /ˌsærəˈɡoʊsə/ or /ˌθærəˈɡoʊθə/, Spanish: [θaɾaˈɣoθa]), also called Saragossa(/ˌsærəˈɡɒsə/)[1] in English,[2] is the capital city of the Zaragoza province and of the autonomous community ofAragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributaries, the Huerva and the Gállego, roughly in the center of both Aragon and the Ebro basin.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Dar al-Marz Rasht

Definition
Rasht (Persian: رَشْتْ or Raŝt‎ , Gilaki: Rèsht, also Romanized as Resht and Rast, and often spelt Recht in French and older German manuscripts) is the capital city of Gilan Province, Iran.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Utrecht

Definition
Utrecht (/ˈjuːtrɛkt/
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Tours

Definition
Tours (French pronunciation: ​[tuʁ]) is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

al-Basrah

Definition
Basra, also written Basrah (Arabic: البصرة‎; BGN: Al Başrah), is the capital of Basra Governorate, located on theShatt al-Arab river in southern Iraq between Kuwait and Iran.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Ardashir Khurrah

Definition
Firuzabad (Persian: فيروزآباد‎ also Romanized as Fīrūzābād; anciently, Sassanid Middle Persian Ardashir-Khwarrah – اردشيرخوره, meaning "The Glory of Ardashir")[1] is a city in and the capital of Firuzabad County, Pars Province (Persian Province), Iran
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Adharbayjan (Umayyad)

Definition
Ardabil  pronunciation (help·info) (Persian اردبیل, also Romanized as Ardabīl and Ardebīl[1]) is a historical city in north-western Iran. The name Ardabil comes from the Zoroastrian name of "Artawila", which means a holy place.[2] Ardabil is the center of Ardabil Province.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Madinat Tabriz

Definition
Tabriz (Persian: ‎تبریز, Azerbaijani: تبریز ,Tәbriz ) is the most populated city in the northwest of Iran, one of the historical capitals of Iran, and the present capital of East Azerbaijan Province.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Jayy

Definition
Isfahan is the capital of Isfahan Province in Iran, located about 340 kilometres (211 miles) south of Tehran.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Umm Durman

Definition
Omdurman (standard Arabic Umm Durmān أم درمان) is the largest city in Sudan and Khartoum State, lying on the western banks of the River Nile, opposite the capital, Khartoum. Omdurman has a population of 2,395,159 (2008) and is the national centre of commerce. With Khartoum and Khartoum North or Bahri, it forms the cultural and industrial heart of the nation.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Kashan

Definition
Kashan (Persian: کاشان‎, also Romanized as Kashan; also known as Kachan) is a city in and the capital of Kashan County, in the province of Isfahan, Iran.
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Khilat

Definition
Ahlat (Armenian: Խլաթ, Khlat; Ottoman Turkish: اخلاط), is a historic town and district in Turkey's Bitlis Province inEastern Anatolia Region. From 1929-1936, it had been included as a district of Van Province. The town of Ahlat is situated on the northwestern shore of Lake Van. Its current mayor is Abdulalim Mümtaz Çoban (AKP).
Concept Scheme
http://nomisma.org/id/

Kampen

Definition
Kampen is a municipality, a city and an old Hanseatic city at the lower reaches of the river IJssel in the Dutch province of Overijssel.
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al-Mahdiyah

Definition
Mahdia (Arabic: المهدية‎ al-Mahdiya), is a Tunisian coastal city, south of Monastir and southeast of Sousse.
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Balarm

Definition
The stated mint "Balarm", located in medieval Palermo, a city on the island of Sicily, Italy. For other instances of the Palermo mint, see the IDs "Siqilliyah", "Madinat Siqilliyah" and "Palermo".
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Seville

Definition
Seville (/səˈvɪl/, Spanish: Sevilla [seˈβiʎa] ( listen), locally: [seˈβiʝa]) is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville, Spain. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir. The inhabitants of the city are known as sevillanos (feminine form: sevillanas) or hispalenses, after the Roman name of the city, Hispalis. Seville has a municipal population of about 703,000 as of 2011, and a metropolitan population of about 1.5 million, making it the fourth-largest city in Spain and the 30th most populous municipality in the European Union. Its Old Town, the third largest in Europe with an area of 4 square kilometres (2 sq mi), contains three UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the Alcázar palace complex, the Cathedral and the General Archive of the Indies. The Seville harbour, located about 80 kilometres (50 miles) from the Atlantic Ocean, is the only river port in Spain. Seville is also the hottest major metropolitan area in Europe, with summer average high temperatures of above 35 °C.
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Madinat Sabtah

Definition
Ceuta (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈθeuta]; Arabic: سبتة‎, Sibtah) is an 18.5-square-kilometre (7.1 sq mi)autonomous city of Spain and an exclave located on the north coast of Africa, sharing a western border withMorocco. Separated from the Iberian peninsula by the Strait of Gibraltar, Ceuta lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Ceuta, along with the Spanish exclave Melilla, is one of two permanently inhabited Spanish territories in mainland Africa. It was part of Cádiz province until 14 March 1995, when the city's Statute of Autonomy was passed.
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al-Mawsil

Definition
al-Mawsil or Mosul (/moʊˈsuːl/; Arabic: الموصل‎ al-Mawṣil; Kurdish: مووسڵ Mûsil; North Mesopotamian Arabic: el-Mōṣul;Ottoman Turkish: موصل Musul; Syriac: ܢܝܢܘܐ Nînwe,Turkish: Musul), is a city in northern Iraq.
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Aghranatah

Definition
Granada (/ɡrəˈnɑːdə/, Spanish: [ɡɾaˈnaða])[1] is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of four rivers, the Beiro, the Darro, the Genil and the Monachil.
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Serres

Definition
Sérres (Greek: Σέρρες, katharevousa: Σέρραι, Sérrai) is a city in Macedonia, Greece, capital of the Serres regional unit and second largest city in the region of Central Macedonia, after Thessaloniki. Serres is one of the administrative and economic centers of Northern Greece. The city is situated in a fertile plain at an elevation of about 70 metres (230 feet), some 24 kilometres (15 miles) northeast of the Strymon river and 69 km (43 mi) north-east of Thessaloniki, respectively. Serres' official municipal population was 76,817 in 2011 with the total number of people living in the city and its immediate surroundings estimated at around 100,000. The city is home to theTechnological Educational Institute of Central Macedonia (Greek: ΤΕΙ Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας), composed of the School of Technological Applications, the School of Management and Finance and the School of Graphic Arts and Design, with at least 10,000 Greek and international students.
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Granada

Definition
Granada (/ɡrəˈnɑːdə/, Spanish: [ɡɾaˈnaða])[1] is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of four rivers, the Beiro, the Darro, the Genil and the Monachil.
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Cairo

Definition
Cairo is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Middle-East and second-largest in Africa after Lagos. Its metropolitan area is the 13th largest in the world. Located near the Nile Delta,[1][2] it was founded in AD 969. Nicknamed "the city of a thousand minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a center of the region's political and cultural life. Cairo was founded by Jawhar al-Siqilli "The Sicilian",among the Fatimid dynasty in the 10th century CE, but the land composing the present-day city was the site of national capitals whose remnants remain visible in parts ofOld Cairo. Cairo is also associated with Ancient Egypt as it is close to the ancient cities of Memphis, Giza andFustat which are near the Great Sphinx and the pyramids of Giza.
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Damighan

Definition
Damghan (Persian: دامغان‎, also Romanized as Dāmghān) is a city in, and capital of, Damghan County, Semnan Province, Iran.
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Mecca

Definition
Mecca is a city in the Hejaz, and is the destination of the hajj ("pilgrimage") period held in the twelfth Muslim lunar month of Dhu al-Hijjah.
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Bayana

Definition
Bayana is a historical town in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan in India.
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Qasr al-Salam

Definition
Based upon the research of Professor S. Heidemann, it was located 20 km. southeast of Baghdad and the name of a location in modern Baghdad.
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Tunis

Definition
Tunis (Arabic: تونس‎ Tūnis, pronounced [ˈtuːnis]; Amazigh: Tunes, ⵜⵓⵏⴻⵙ) is the capital of Tunisia. It is Tunisia's largest city, the greater metropolitan area holding some 2,700,000 inhabitants.
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Wasit

Definition
Wasit (Arabic,واسط) is a place in Wasit Governorate, south east of Kut in eastern Iraq.
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Shustar

Definition
Shushtar (Persian: شوشتر‎; also Romanized as Shūshtar and Shūstar, and Shooshtar) is a city in and the capital of Shushtar County, Khuzestan Province, Iran.
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Rabat

Definition
Rabat (Arabic: الرباط, ar-Ribaaṭ, literally "Fortified Place"; Berber: ⴻⵔⵔⴱⴰⵟ, Errbaṭ; Moroccan Arabic: ارّباط,Errbaṭ) is the capital and fourth largest city of Morocco with an urban population of approximately 620,000 (2004)[2] and a metropolitan population of over 1.2 million. It is also the capital of the Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaeradministrative region.
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Uman

Definition
Uman is a city located in the Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine, to the east of Vinnytsia.
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Mayyafariqin

Definition
The mint of Silvan
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Edirne

Definition
Edirne (Turkish pronunciation: [eˈdiɾne], Bulgarian: Одрин), is a city in the Turkish region of East Thrace, close to its borders with Greece and Bulgaria. Edirne served as the third capital city of the Ottoman Empire from 1363 to 1453,[3]before Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) became the empire's fourth and final capital. At present, Edirne is the capital of Edirne Province in Turkish Thrace. The city's estimated population in 2010 was 138,793, up from 119,298 in 2000.
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Ma'din Bajunays

Definition
Province north of Lake Van
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Madinat Isbahan

Definition
Isfahan is the capital of Isfahan Province in Iran, located about 340 kilometres (211 miles) south of Tehran.
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Al-Mu'izziyah al-Qahirah

Definition
Located near the Nile Delta, it was founded in AD 969. Nicknamed "the city of a thousand minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a center of the region's political and cultural life. Cairo was founded by Jawhar al-Siqilli "The Sicilian",among the Fatimid dynasty in the 10th century CE, but the land composing the present-day city was the site of national capitals whose remnants remain visible in parts ofOld Cairo. Cairo is also associated with Ancient Egypt as it is close to the ancient cities of Memphis, Giza andFustat which are near the Great Sphinx and the pyramids of Giza.
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Ceuta

Definition
Ceuta (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈθeuta]; Arabic: سبتة‎, Sibtah) is an 18.5-square-kilometre (7.1 sq mi)autonomous city of Spain and an exclave located on the north coast of Africa, sharing a western border withMorocco. Separated from the Iberian peninsula by the Strait of Gibraltar, Ceuta lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Ceuta, along with the Spanish exclave Melilla, is one of two permanently inhabited Spanish territories in mainland Africa. It was part of Cádiz province until 14 March 1995, when the city's Statute of Autonomy was passed.
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al-Kufa

Definition
Kufa (Arabic: الكوفة‎ al-Kūfah) is a city in Iraq, about 170 kilometres (110 mi) south of Baghdad, and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northeast of Najaf. It is located on the banks of the Euphrates River.
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Samarqand

Definition
Samarkand (Tajik: Samarqand Самарқанд; Persian: سمرقند‎ Cyrillic/Russian: Самарканд from Sogdian: "Stone Fort" or "Rock Town"), alternatively Samarqand or Samarcand, traditionally was the second-largest city inUzbekistan and the capital of Samarqand Province. It is now the nation's third largest, after fast-growing Namangan in the Ferghana Valley. The city is most noted for its central position on the Silk Road betweenChina and the West, and for being an Islamic centre for scholarly study. In the 14th century it became the capital of the empire of Timur (Tamerlane) and is the site of his mausoleum (the Gur-e Amir). The Bibi-Khanym Mosque(a modern replica) remains one of the city's most notable landmarks. The Registan was the ancient center of the city. The city has carefully preserved the traditions of ancient crafts: embroidery, gold embroidery, silk weaving, engraving on copper, ceramics, carving and painting on wood.
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Kazirun

Definition
Kazerun (Persian: كازرون‎, also Romanized as Kāzerūn, Kāzarūn, and Kazeroun; also known as Kasrun) is a city in and the capital of Kazerun County, Fars Province, Iran.
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Isfahan

Definition
Isfahan is the capital of Isfahan Province in Iran, located about 340 kilometres (211 miles) south of Tehran.
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Irminiyah (Dwin)

Definition
Dvin (ancient city), an ancient city and one of the historic capitals of Armenia.
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Belgrade

Definition
Belgrade (/ˈbɛlɡreɪd/; Serbian: Београд/Beograd; [beǒɡrad] ( listen); names in other languages) is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans.[5] Its name translates to White city. The city has a population of 1.23 million, while over 1.65 million people live in its metro area (which encompass administrative limits of City of Belgrade).[1]
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Tehran

Definition
Tehran (Persian: تهران - Tehrān‎) is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province.
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