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Sierra Nevada (Shilir)

جبل شلير

The snowy mountain called Shilir; the author says it is two days long, holds snow in winter and summer, and feeds the river that runs below Granada. 1

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The Mountain of Shalir is the mountain of snow known today as the Sierra Nevada. Al-Idrisi mentions that its length is two days, and that the snow on it is permanent in winter and summer. From it flows the river Shunayl below Granada. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 569
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.569
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