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The Venetian Gulf, which is the Adriatic, is one of two gulfs branching from the Syrian Sea, according to al-Idrisi. It begins east of Calabria at Adhrant, passes north, and then along the coast of the Venetians. Its length is about eleven hundred miles, and it contains about fifteen islands. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 11
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.11
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islam.museum contributors. “The Venetian gulf (Adriatic)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/venetian-gulf-nuzhat/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.