Draa
درعة
A land of continuous villages with no walls or ditches, whose people grow henna and carry it to all regions; four stages from Draa to Sus al-Aqsa. 1
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Draa: a land of connected villages that is not enclosed by a wall or a ditch. Its people grow henna and carry it to all parts. From Draa to the land of Sus al-Aqsa is four stages, 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. 227
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.227
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islam.museum contributors. “Draa”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/daraa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.