Hasik
حاسك
A small, settled village on the sea, with two islands opposite and a large mountain above it. It sits on a shoal known as Jun al-Hashish, from which ships rarely escape without a particular wind 1.
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Hasik is a small, civilised village on the sea. Two islands lie in front of it and a great mountain above it. On a creek called the Creek of Grass, which is hard to get out of except with a particular wind, according to al-Idrisi. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 56-57
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.56-57
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