Batlyus (Badajoz)
بطليوس
A great city on a plain with a suburb larger than the town, on the Yana river, which al-Idrisi says sinks underground before reaching Martula; about a day from Merida. 1
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Batlyus: a great city on a level plain, with a suburb larger than the city itself, and on the river Yana, which sinks under the earth before it reaches the fortress of Martala. It lies one day from Merida. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 545
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.545
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