al-Qalamun
القلمون
A fortress on the sea about five miles from the preceding point, on a broad piece of land on which the fort was built. 1
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Qalamun is a fortress on the sea. Al-Idrisi mentions that it lies about five miles from the previous site, and that it is near an island with a broad land on which the fortress was built. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 371
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.371
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