al-Arbus
الأربس
A city on level ground with running springs that never dry, including Ayn Rabah; its saffron rivals the Andalusian kind; three stages from Qayrawan. 1
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Arbus: a city on level land, with running springs that never dry up, the best known of which is the Spring of Rabah. al-Idrisi reports that its saffron rivals the Andalusian, and that it lies three stages from Qayrawan. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 292
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.292
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