Corsica
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An island about 150 miles long and 27 wide, with towns; al-Idrisi describes its people as wild folk of the Roman stock. 1
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Corsica: an island about one hundred and fifty miles long and twenty-seven miles wide, with cities in it. al-Idrisi describes its people as savage, of the Roman races. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 584
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.584
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islam.museum contributors. “Corsica”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/corsica/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.