Salonik (Thessaloniki)
صلونيك
A large city, populous on land and sea, on a small gulf; twenty-five miles to Randhina, with busy markets, in al-Idrisi's account. 1
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Salonica is a large, populous city, with many buildings by land and sea, on the edge of a small gulf. Al-Idrisi describes its markets as thriving. From Salonica to Rindhina it is twenty-five miles. 2
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- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 800
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.800
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