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Lanbiyatha

لنبياذة

A fort on a high rock surrounded by the sea on three sides, with a harbour from which ships sail, a population, a market and fertile land; twenty-five miles from Kirkant. 1

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Lanbiyatha is a fortress on the top of a rock, surrounded by the sea on three sides. It has a harbour from which ships sail, and in it are buildings and a market, and its land is fine. 2

It lies twenty-five miles from Kirkant, according to al-Idrisi. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 599
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.599
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