Dirīstara
دريسترة
A wide city with busy markets, abundant provisions and notable buildings; the author gives one and a half days east of Sabst Qastro 1.
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Dritrah is a spacious town with busy markets, abundant livelihood and fine buildings. The author says it lies a day and a half's journey east of Sabast Qastaro. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 897
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.897
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islam.museum contributors. “Dirīstara”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/dritrah/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.