Qadis Island (Cadiz)
جزيرة قادس
An island twelve miles from Sharish, with the city of Qadis, linked to the mainland by causeways. 1
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Cadiz is an island twelve miles from Sherish, according to al-Idrisi. The city of Cadiz is on it, and it is joined to the mainland by bridges (qanatir). 1
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 573
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