Qastalun
قستطلون
A high, strongly defended and populated fort, about twenty miles from al-Randaj and twenty more to the village of Musqala. 1
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Qastalun is a fortress of high ground, very secure, populous. It lies about twenty miles from al-Randaj, and from it to the village of Musaqqala is twenty miles, according to al-Idrisi. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 621
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.621
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