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Adhana (Adana)

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A great, populous city with markets, crafts and wide livelihoods on the Sayhan river, twelve miles from Tarsus. 1

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Adhana (Adana): a noble and populous town with markets, crafts and wide livelihoods, on the river Seyhan. Al-Idrisi says that the distance between it and Tarsus is twelve miles. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 647
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.647
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