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Qarqudhi

قرقوذي

A fine town on the top of a mountain, among the strongest heights of the island, with good crops and farming; near the salt river, about a hundred miles from Kirkant. 1

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A fine town at the top of a mountain, which al-Idrisi counts among the most secure peaks of al-Jazira. It has luxuriant crops, and near it is the salt valley. 2

It lies about a hundred miles from Karkanit. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 612
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.612
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