al-Sayla
السيلة
A civilised city with standing markets and permanent buildings on the sea coast, on the left as one enters from the river mouth 1.
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Al-Sayla is a civilised city, with standing markets and permanent buildings, on the sea shore, according to al-Idrisi. He mentions that it lies to the left of one entering from the mouth of the river. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 949
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.949
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