Siqlāw
سيقلاو
A large, fine city with buildings and markets on the bank of a river; the author says its land has deposits of good iron 1.
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Siqlaw is a large, fine city with buildings and markets, on the bank of a river. Al-Idrisi mentions that in its land there are good iron mines. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 878
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.878
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