Nastasiyya
نسطاسية
A stronghold and small town of fertility and strong defences, twelve miles from the sea, where the river of Musa gathers the waters of several streams. 1
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Nastasiyya is a stronghold and a small city, which al-Idrisi describes as fertile and fortified. It lies twelve miles from the sea, and the valley of Musa joins it from the waters of several rivers. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 617
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.617
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