Iskandarunah (Alexandretta)
إسكندرونة
A coastal town forty-five miles from Antioch with a good harbour, from which goods are carried into Syria. 1
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Iskenderun is a town on the coast of the sea, forty-five miles from Antioch, according to al-Idrisi. It has a fine harbour, and goods are carried from it to Syria. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 646
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.646
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