Suqūsiyya
سقوسية
A long island north of the large island, without buildings or villages; the author gives its length as one hundred and fifty miles 1.
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Suqusiya is a long island north of the great island, with no building or village. Al-Idrisi mentions that its length is one hundred and fifty miles. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 947
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.947
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