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Shikla (Sciacca)

شكلة

One of the finest fortresses, on the best ground, populous and rich, with gardens bearing every fruit and a spring known as the spring of the hours, one stage from Nutas along the coast. 1

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Shikla is a fortress which al-Idrisi describes as among the finest fortresses, populous and thriving. In it are gardens bearing every kind of fruit, and a spring known as the Spring of Times (ayn al-awqat). 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 598
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.598
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