Dār Marsha
دار مرشة
A round, sandy island with many towns, villages and sheltered anchorages; the author gives twenty-five miles from the river mouth to al-Sayla 1.
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Daramarsha: a round, sandy island with many bases and villages, and sheltered, populated harbours. al-Idrisi reports that its first part, from the river mouth to the city of al-Sayla on the left of whoever enters, is twenty-five miles. 2
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- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 949
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.949
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