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Ikaros

Background

'Ikaros is an ancient Greek city on Failaka Island, in the Persian Gulf. Remains of the settlement include a large Hellenistic fort and two Greek temples. It may have been a trading post (emporion) of the kingdom of Characene.

Sources

J. Hansamans, Charax and the Karkhen, Iranica Antiquitua 7 (1967) page 21-58

George Fadlo Hourani, John Carswell, Arab Seafaring: In the Indian Ocean in Ancient and Early Medieval Times Princeton University Press,page 131