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Fezzan

فزان

The land that follows Zaghawa country, with towns such as Jarma and Tasawa. The author says its people depend on wells and palms, and that it lies on the merchants' road 1, 2.

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Fazzan is a land next to the land of the Zaghawa, with towns such as Jurma and Tasawa. Al-Idrisi reports that its people rely on wells and palms, and that travellers cross it on the merchants' road. 3 4

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 112
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 109
  3. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.112
  4. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.109
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