Naples
نابل (نابولي)
A fine, ancient, populous city with goods and wares, with a harbour of abundant water; al-Idrisi describes its markets and fame. 1
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Naples (Napoli) is a fine, ancient, populous city with goods and merchandise. Al-Idrisi describes it as famous and as having many markets. He mentions that from it to the harbour of Astaba there is much water, and that between it and the Mountain of Fire there is a distance. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 757
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.757
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islam.museum contributors. “Naples”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/naples/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.