Salerno
سلرنو
A great city with busy markets on the coast, near the harbour of Salerno, about twelve miles along the Sils valley. 1
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Salerno is a noble city with populous markets, on the sea shore. Al-Idrisi mentions that it lies about twelve miles from the harbour of Salerno, in the valley of Silsa. 2
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- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 758
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.758
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