Astrīk
أستريك
A fine city with visible buildings on the western bank of the Rhine, with vineyards, trees and livestock, bordering the land of the Frisians; the author describes its people as proud and resolute 1.
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Astrik: a fine city with prominent buildings on the west bank of the river Rhine, with vineyards, trees and livestock, bordering the land of Ifrizia, according to al-Idrisi. He describes its people as people of pride and endurance. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 873
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.873
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