Shiltish
شلطيش
A town on an island about a mile long, without a wall or enclosure, with a market and an ironworking trade that makes the anchors used by ships; it lies by the sea near Labla. 1
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Shiltish is a city on an island about a mile long, with no wall or enclosure, and it has a market. Iron and the anchors with which ships are moored are made there. It lies a cubit away from Labla, on the sea, according to al-Idrisi. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 542
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.542
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