Bajjana (Baza)
بجانة
Once a famous town before Almeria; it was ruined and only traces remain. Gardens, orchards and vineyards surround it, and al-Idrisi says its baths draw the sick from every region. 1
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Bajjana: this was the famous city before al-Mariyya. It was later ruined, and nothing remains of it but traces. Around it are gardens, orchards, pleasure grounds and vineyards. al-Idrisi reports that its people are treated with its baths, and that the sick come to it from all directions. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 566
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.566
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