al-Hamma
الحمة
A place whose water is not pleasant but is drinkable; its people make do with it, and settlements lie to its south and east. 1
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al-Hamma: a place with waters that do not taste good, but are fit for drinking, and whose people are content with them. Settlements adjoin it to the south and east. 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. 277
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.277
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Hamma”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/al-hamma-ifriqiya/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.