Almalik (Almaliq)

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Known for its production of delicious apples, Almalik (Almaliq) was near modern Kulja in Xinjiang province, China. During the Mongol period (in the 14th century), the Franciscans had a suffragan see there, depending from Khanbaliq.

- Igor de Rachewiltz, Papal Envoys to the Great Khans (London: Faber & Faber, 1971), p. 186