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Bāb al-Ḥadīd

باب الحديد

A fortress and iron gate cut into a mountain by a valley; the author, citing the interpreter Sallām, describes a double gate with locks and bolts that guards strike to listen for what lies beyond 1 2.

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Bab al-Hadid (the Iron Gate): a fortress and an iron gate in a mountain cut through by a valley. The author quotes Salam the interpreter's description of it as a gate with two leaves, with locks and bolts on it. The guards strike on it so that they can hear what is behind it. 3 4

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 936
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 937
  3. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.936
  4. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.937
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