Bab Idris
باب إدريس
A town set among mountains and ravines with a hard entrance; fertile, rich in water and fruit, about eighteen miles from Qurt. 1
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Bab Idris: a city between mountains and connected ravines, and the way into it is difficult. It is fertile, with abundant water and fruits. It lies about eighteen miles from Qart, according to al-Idrisi. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 531
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.531
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