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Ancona

أنكونة

A large city of a district on the Azmum river, nine miles from the sea, with a market and ships. 1

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Ancona: a large city, one of the capitals of its region, on the river Azmum, and nine miles from the sea. It has a market and ships, according to al-Idrisi. 2

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  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 753
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.753
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islam.museum contributors. “Ancona”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/ancona/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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