Inqiltāra
إنقلطارة
A very large island in the Great Dark Sea, entered through the bay of Ṣanqala, with lands, fortresses, villages, farms, valleys, rivers and mountains, and with uninhabited ground 1.
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Inqiltara is a very large island in the great dark sea. It is entered from the Jun of Sanqala, according to al-Idrisi. It has lands, fortresses, villages, farms, valleys, rivers and mountains, and there is uninhabited land in it. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 880
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.880
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