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The Inner Oases (al-Dakhila)

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Oases with Berbers and settled Arabs who farm where water is plentiful. The author says the indigo grown there is famed and gives it the name of the oases; the donkeys there are small 1, 2.

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Oases inhabited by Berbers and civilised Arabs, who cultivate wherever water is plentiful. The indigo known for its quality is attributed to them, and the author reports that their donkeys are small. 1 2

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  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 122
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 123
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islam.museum contributors. “The Inner Oases (al-Dakhila)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/al-wahat-al-dakhila/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.

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