English: Map of the Battle of the Mills in 885 AD.
Geographical information regarding the districts and cities of Egypt and Syria is derived from Ibn Khurradadhbih pp. 55-61, 72 (French translation), with the sole exception of the Tulunid capital of al-Qatta'i.
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The location of the battle is derived from al-Samiri, p. 186.
Background topography taken from DEMIS Mapserver, which are public domain.
Works Cited:
Bianquis, Thierry. "Autonomous Egypt from Ibn Tulun to Kafur, 868-969." The Cambridge History of Egypt, Volume One: Islamic Egypt, 640-1517. Ed. Carl F. Petry. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. ISBN0-521-47137-0
Haarmann, U. "Khumarawayh." The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Volume V. New Ed. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1986. ISBN90-04-07819-3.
Ibn Khurradadhbih, Abu al-Qasim 'Abd Allah. Kitab al-Masalik wa'l-Mamalik. Ed and trans. M.J. de Goeje. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1889.
Al-Kindi, Muhammad ibn Yusuf. The Governors and Judges of Egypt. Ed. Rhuvon Guest. Leyden and London: E.J. Brill, 1912.
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Shamma, Samir. "The Coinage of the Tulunids in Filastin: A Short Historical Note. Al-Abhath, 24 (1971), pp. 43-49.
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