Ishbiliyah

English Proper noun en Ishbiliya en 1908 A. F. Calvert Southern Spain https://archive.org/details/southernspain00calvrich/mode/2up 20 Under this arrangement Ishbiliyah was assigned to the people of Homs, the ancient Emesa, a Syrian town on the Orontes. en 1911 Esther Singleton A Guide to Great Cities for Young Travelers and Others: Western Europe New York https://archive.org/details/guidetogreatciti00singuoft 192 Ishbiliyah was now transformed into Sevilla, a Christian capital. en 2008 Shamil Jeppie; Souleymane Bachir Diagne The Meanings of Timbuktu https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJkMAQAAMAAJ 278 This conferred upon the city the cloak of fame, honour and historical immortality until it was regarded by the Muslims of the region as on a par with other great Islamic centres of learning and knowledge, such as Ishbiliyah (Seville) and Granada.