Arshdhuna (Ronda)
ارشذونة
A town between Malaga and Cordoba; it and Antaqira were two cities emptied by the troubles of the civil wars. 1
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Arshdhuna: a city among the cities between Malaga and Cordoba, according to al-Idrisi. He reports that it and Antequera were cities evacuated by the troubles, together with Antequera, and that it had standing in the time of Ibn Abi Amir. 2
An additional source is needed to tell these names apart. It may be Archidona.
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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