Bayrut (Beirut)
بيروت
A city on the salt sea, with a mountain nearby holding good iron ore carried to Syria, and a grove of trees reaching toward Mount Lebanon. 1
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Beirut: a city on the bank of the salt sea. Near it is a mountain with good iron ore that is carried to the land of al-Sham, and there is a thicket of trees that extends to Mount Lebanon. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 371
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.371
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