Akhīlū
أخيلو
A city beside a gulf twelve miles wide and twenty miles long; the author gives twenty-five miles from Bāsilīkū 1.
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Overview
Akhilu: a town near a gulf twelve miles wide and twenty miles long, as al-Idrisi describes it. 1
Location
The author says that it lies twenty-five miles from Basiliko. 1
An additional source is needed: its location today.
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 896
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islam.museum contributors. “Akhīlū”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/akhilu/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.