Dumyra
دميرة
A small town where fine cloth is made for export, with many craftsmen and merchants; ten miles from the previous point on the river. 1
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Damietta is a small town where fine clothes are made and sent out to the regions. Many craftsmen work there, and merchants come to it. It lies ten miles from the previous place. 2
What needs an additional source: fixing the previous place, and the town's location.
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 339
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.339
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