Agadir - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Agadir - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Schroeter, Daniel J.

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1059859
Doc. NO	:	ALei256
Main Entry	:	Schroeter, Daniel J.
Title & Author	:	Agadir - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Schroeter, Daniel J.
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(533 words)
Abstract	:	Agadir (Agādīr; Berber, Agadir n'Ighir) is a city on the southern Moroccan Atlantic coast near the mouth of the Sous river valley, at the base of the western flank of the High Atlas mountain range. Derived from the Semitic root g-d-r (“wall”), “Agadir” is a frequent place name in the Sous region, connoting a fortified structure or collective granary. Probably an inhabited site in antiquity, Agadir’s recorded construction dates from 1505 when a Portuguese nobleman built a castle there, to protect a fishing fleet. The king
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei256.pdf