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Surqusa (Syracuse)

سرقوسة

One of the famous cities of Sicily, visited by merchants from every land; it has two harbours, the northern one more famous, and a rich district around it. 1

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Syracuse is one of the famous cities of Sicily and its notables. Merchants come to it from every land. It has two harbours, the northern the more famous and the other southern, and it has a rich and extensive district, according to al-Idrisi. 2

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  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 597
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.597
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