Barcelona
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A city on the eastern coast of al-Andalus facing the island of Minorca; al-Idrisi gives about a hundred miles of sea between them. 1
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Barcelona: a city on the east coast of al-Andalus, facing the island of Minorca. al-Idrisi reports that the sea between it and the island is about one hundred miles. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 582
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.582
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