Al-Jafar (oasis)
الجفار
One of two inhabited settlements at the lower end of the oases. The author says it once grew saffron, safflower, indigo and sugar cane, and now is a fortified-looking village ringed by palms with abundant sweet water 1.
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al-Jafar: one of two populated towns at the bottom of the oases. In the past its land was cultivated with saffron, safflower, indigo and sugar cane. The author describes it as a village like a fortress, surrounded by palm trees, with abundant water. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 123
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.123
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