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Sur (Lebanon)

صور (لبنان)

A city on the coast with anchorage and departure for ships, walled on three sides. 1

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Sur (Tyre) is a city on the bank of the sea, where ships can anchor and set sail. A wall of three angles surrounds it, according to al-Idrisi. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 365
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.365
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islam.museum contributors. “Sur (Lebanon)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/sur-lubnan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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