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Adranto (Otranto)

اذرنتو

An ancient city rich in produce, with the sea around much of its wall and a river coming from the north; about twenty miles from Adrasht. 1

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Adranto (Otranto): an ancient town with many monuments and much good produce. Al-Idrisi says that the sea surrounds its wall on several sides, that a valley comes down to it from the north, and that it lies about twenty miles from Adrasht. 2 See also Adrasht.

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 632
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.632
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