The cities of Lot's people
مدائن قوم لوط
Five cities in the Jordan and Palestine country whose chief and seat was Sodom — each king of them surnamed 'the Excellent' — as al-Mas'udi reports with reference to the Torah 1.
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Al-Masudi mentions that the cities of the people of Lot were in the land of Jordan and the lands of Palestine, and that they were five cities, of which the seat of the kingdom and the greatest city was Sodom (Sudum). 2
The kings
In Syria there were kings in the lands of Madaba in the region of al-Balqa'. The mark of every king who ruled Sodom was "bari'." He says that their names are mentioned in the Torah. 2
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 428
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.428
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