Milasu (Milazzo)
ميلاص
A fortress jutting into the sea, fine in form and strongly built, among the best and most handsome places, in al-Idrisi's description. 1
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Milasu is a fortress jutting into the sea, handsome in form and sound in construction. It is among the finest and most beautiful of places, and al-Idrisi describes it as fine. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 594
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.594
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