Marsa al-Ghayt
مرسى الغيط
A good harbour sheltered from some winds, from which wheat and barley are exported, and linked with the Masmuda tribes. 1
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al-Ghayt: a good harbour, sheltered somewhat from the winds. al-Idrisi reports that wheat and barley are exported from it, and that cheap goods reach it from the Masmuda tribe. 2
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Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 241
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.241
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