Quriya
قورية
An ancient town with a strong wall, where vines and olive trees are most common; two stages from the Sayf bridge. 1
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Qurya is an ancient city with an impregnable wall. Al-Idrisi mentions that most of its fruit is grapes and olive trees, and that it lies two stages from Qantarat al-Sayf. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 547
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.547
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