Maṭraḫā
مطرخا
A large, populous city with many districts and wide land, on a great river called Saqyū; the author gives twenty-seven miles to Rushiyya 1.
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Matrakha is a large, populous city with many regions and wide lands, on a great river called Saqyu. Al-Idrisi mentions that it lies twenty-seven miles from Rushiya. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 916
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.916
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