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Ashtarqa (Astorga)

أشترقة

A populous town with many vineyards and springs, on the road to Leon, one stage away. 1

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Ashtarqa (Astorga): a populous city with many vineyards and waters, according to al-Idrisi. It lies on the road to Leon, one stage from it. 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. 731
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.731
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islam.museum contributors. “Ashtarqa (Astorga)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/ashtarqa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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