Al Rafiqah - Al Rafiqah

Japanese: アル・ラフィカ - あるらふぃか
Al Rafiqah - Al Rafiqah

…Its Greek name was Nikēphorion, and later it was named Kallinikos after Seleucus II. The second Abbasid caliph, Mansur, built the circular city of Al Rafiqa in 772. It was known as the location of the "summer palace" of Caliph Harun al-Rashid and as an outpost for the Byzantine Empire, but was reduced to ruins by the Mongol invasion in the 13th century. …

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Japanese:

…ギリシア名はニケフォリオンNikēphorion,のちセレウコス2世の名にちなみカリニコスKallinikos。アッバース朝第2代カリフ,マンスールが772年に円形の都城アル・ラフィカAl Rafiqaを建設。カリフ,ハールーン・アッラシードの〈夏の宮〉の所在地として,またビザンティン帝国への前哨基地として知られたが,13世紀のモンゴル侵寇によって廃墟と化す。…

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