al-Jiza
الجيزة
A bank of the Nile facing Fustat on the west, joined to it by a bridge of about thirty boats, with houses, buildings, farms and a market. 1
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al-Jizah: a shore facing Egypt on the west bank of the Nile. A bridge connects it with about thirty ships. It has dwellings, buildings and farms, as well as construction and a market. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 323
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.323
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