Adra
عذرة
A small coastal town with no wall, having a bath, an inn and plentiful water; a large river to its west, which the author says rises in the Shilir mountain, reaches the sea here. 1
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Adra: a small town on the sea with no wall. It has a bath-house, an inn and abundant water, as al-Idrisi describes it. On its western side a large river empties into the sea, which al-Idrisi says rises in Mount Shalir. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 564
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.564
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