al-Nawasa
الناووسة
A small town on an island surrounded by the Euphrates, with abundance and buildings; about twenty miles from Alusa. 1
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al-Nawasa: a small town on an island surrounded by the Euphrates. al-Idrisi describes it as having good things and buildings, and says that it lies about twenty miles from Alusa. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 656
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.656
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