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Wahran

وهران

A city on the coast with a well-built earthen wall, set markets and crafts; it faces Almeria on the Andalusian shore across the sea. 1

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Wahran is a city on the sea shore, according to al-Idrisi. It has a fine earthen wall, a few markets and crafts. It faces Almeria on the Andalusian coast across the sea. 2

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Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 252
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.252
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