Lake Zughar
بحيرة زغر
The dead lake, which al-Idrisi describes as having no living thing in it; it is where two towns of Lot's people were sunk, and it lies near Riha. 1
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Lake Zughar: the Dead Sea, which al-Idrisi describes as a place where nothing lives. Two cities of the people of Lot were in it. It lies away from Rihā, and it is called the Dead Sea. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 355
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.355
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