Qatania (Catania)
قطانية
A proud, famous city of Sicily with splendid houses, mosques and congregational mosques, visited from every region; it has the well-known elephant monument and lies six miles from Liyaj. 1
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Catania is a city in Sicily, which al-Idrisi describes as lofty in rank and high in renown. It has splendid houses, mosques and congregational mosques, and travellers come to it from every horizon. In it is the famous erected elephant, and it lies six miles from Liyaj. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 596
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.596
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