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Dhamar

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A city in Yemen forty-eight miles from Sanaa, on the valley road that runs past it. The wars plant, a yellow dye plant resembling saffron, is grown there 1.

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A city in Yemen, forty-eight miles from Sanaa. It lies on the road of the valley that passes through it going down, and in it is grown the wars, a yellow plant resembling saffron, according to al-Idrisi. 2

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  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 53
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.53
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