Rhodes
رودس
An island in the Levantine sea; al-Idrisi gives one hundred miles from Nisil and three channels' distance to Cyprus. 1
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Rhodes is an island in the Syrian sea. Al-Idrisi mentions that between it and the island of Nisil there are a hundred miles, and that Cyprus is three channels away from it. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 644
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.644
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islam.museum contributors. “Rhodes”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/rudus/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.