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Qasr Masmuda

قصر مصمودة

A fortified site on the sea where ships and fire-ships are built, on the headland of the strait nearest Andalusia, about twenty miles from Ceuta. 1

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The Palace of Masmuda is a palace on the bank of the sea, where ships and fire-ships are built. It stands at the head of the strait nearest to al-Andalus, and lies about twenty miles from Ceuta, according to al-Idrisi. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 529
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.529
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