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al-Duskara

الدسكرة

A small town with palms and crops; al-Idrisi says it has a royal building from which it takes its name. 1

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Dasqara: a small city with palm trees and crops. al-Idrisi reports that in it there is a building that belonged to the king, and that for this reason it was called Dasqara. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 669
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.669
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Duskara”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/dasqara/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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