Archidona
ارشذونة
A town between Malaga and Cordoba, thirty-five miles from Malaga; the author says it and Antequera were emptied by the rebels of al-Andalus after the rule of Ibn Abi Amir. 1
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A city among the great cities between Malaga and Cordoba, thirty-five miles from both of them, according to al-Idrisi. He reports that it and the city of Antequera were evacuated by the rebels in al-Andalus after the rule of Ibn Abi Amir. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 570
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.570
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