Shabrūna
شبرونة
A large, important city with many resources, busy markets and streets, tall houses and fertile land; the author gives twenty miles between it and the river 1.
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Shabruna is a fine, large city of many benefits, according to al-Idrisi. Its markets and streets are thriving, its houses are tall, and its land is fertile. It lies twenty miles from the river. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 877
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.877
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