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al-Munakkab (Almunecar)

المنكب

A fine, medium-sized town rich in tuna fisheries, with a square standing structure and a large basin that water reaches from about a mile off; forty miles from Granada. 1

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al-Munakkab: a fine town of medium size, with many fish-traps. al-Idrisi mentions in it a square building standing like an idol, and a large basin into which water comes from about a mile away. It lies forty miles from Granada. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 564
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.564
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