Qarliyun (Corleone)
قرليون
A strong, unassailable fortress and tall stronghold beside a river named after it; five miles from Jatawa, in al-Idrisi's account. 1
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A strong, impregnable fortress and a lofty built stronghold, near which is a river named after it. Al-Idrisi describes it as impregnable, and it lies five miles from Jatwa. 2
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- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 605
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.605
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