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Uriyula (Orihuela)

أوريولة

A town on a river the boats enter, with a fortified citadel, markets and estates; twenty miles from the sea and twelve from Murcia. 1

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Orihuela is a city on the bank of the river, which boats enter. It has a chief town at the end of its fortifications, markets and estates. It lies twenty miles from the sea and twelve miles from Murcia, 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. 558
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.558
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