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Write the region in which each city was located in the answer box.

Changan:?
Delhi:?
Mecca:?
Herat:?
Hardwar:?
Medina:?
Cairo:?
Malacca:?
Lahore: ?
Baghdad: ?
Which cities were not in Muslim regions in 850?

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Changan: Tang China (East Asia, not Muslim)
Delhi: Northern India (Indian polity, not Muslim in 850)
Mecca: Hejaz (Arabian Peninsula — under Abbasid/Islamic control)
Herat: Khorasan/Greater Iran (under Muslim rule — local Tahirid/Saffarid influence)
Hardwar (Haridwar): Northern India (Hindu pilgrimage city, not Muslim)
Medina: Hejaz (Arabian Peninsula — under Abbasid/Islamic control)
Cairo: Egypt (Egypt was an Abbasid province — Muslim; note Cairo as such was founded later, but the region was Muslim)
Malacca: Malay Peninsula/Southeast Asia (Srivijaya/Malay sphere, not Muslim in 850)
Lahore: Punjab (northwestern Indian subcontinent, not Muslim in 850)
Baghdad: Iraq (Abbasid Caliphate — Muslim)

Cities that were not in Muslim regions in 850: Changan, Delhi, Hardwar (Haridwar), Malacca, Lahore.