Slawiya, as-Slawiya (Arabic:صلاويةṢ(a)lāwiya[1]) was one of the three parts of theRus'[1][2] with the center inHolmgard (identified with the land ofIlmen Slavs) described in a lost book byAbu Zayd al-Balkhi (dating from c. 920) and mentioned in works by some of his followers (Ibn Hawqal,Al-Istakhri,Hudud ul-'alam).[3] The two other centers wereArthaniya (Arabic:ارثانية’Arṯāniya) (not properly explained) &Kuyaba (Arabic:كويابةKūyāba; usually identified withKiev).[1][2][3]
Slawiya is described as the most remote groups of theRus', together with Kuyaba and Arthania they are involved in extensiveinternational trade relations, in particular with theMuslim East. InIbn Hawqal describing it is called primary in relation to the other two groups.
Modern historiography tends to identify as-Slawiya with theNovgorodian lands.[4]
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