al-Musayla
المسيلة
A newly founded city on a level plain, which al-Idrisi says was established under Idris ibn Abdallah, with extensive farms, horses, sheep and cattle. 1
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al-Musayla: a newly founded, populous town on a level plain. al-Idrisi reports that it was founded in the time of the rule of Idris ibn Abd Allah, and that it has extensive farms, horses, sheep and cattle. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 254
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.254
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