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" Aya Mavra (Lefkas) - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Kiel, Machiel
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English
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1060796
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ALei1193
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Kiel, Machiel
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Aya Mavra (Lefkas) - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Kiel, Machiel
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Leiden: Brill
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(1,727 words)
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Aya Mavra is the Ottoman name both for the modern town of Lefkas (Lefkada) and for the mountainous island (also Lefkas or Lefkada) on which it is located (surface: 304 km 2 ), in the Ionian Sea, off the western coast of Greece. Ottoman geographers, including Piri Reis (Pīrī Reʾīs, d. 961/1553–4), Menemenli Mehmed Reis (Menemenli Meḥmed Reʾīs), Katip Çelebi (Kātib Çelebi, d.1067/1657), and Evliya Çelebi (Evliyā Çelebi, b. 1020/1611), referred to the island as Lefkada and the town as Aya Mavra. The former name (derived
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Islam.
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ALei1193.pdf
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