Ḥiṣn Falmūs
حصن فلموس
A fortress which the author says is deserted in winter, when its people flee to distant caves to keep fires, and return in summer 1.
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Falmus is a fortress which, the author says, is ruined in winter, so its people flee to distant caves where they light fires, and return to it in summer. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 954
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.954
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