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Minorca

منورقة

An island facing Denia across the sea, with a small fine town, and a channel's distance from the coast of Barcelona. 1

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Minorca is an island facing the city of Denia on the other shore. Al-Idrisi mentions that it has a small, fine city, and that it lies a sea-passage from the coast of Barcelona. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 582
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.582
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islam.museum contributors. “Minorca”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/minorca/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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