Barisi
بريسى
A small town on the Nile without walls, more like a settled village, whose people are travelling merchants under the Takruri. Twelve stages east of Takrur 1.
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Barisi: a small city on the Nile with no wall, more like a settled village, according to al-Idrisi. Its people are travelling merchants, and it is under the obedience of the Takruri. It lies twelve stages east of Takrur. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 19
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.19
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