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Ghana (the great city)

غانة الكبرى

The great city of the Sudan lands that al-Idrisi describes, about twelve stages from Malal across sand 1.

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Greater Ghana is a city in the land of the Sudan, which al-Idrisi mentions. It lies about twelve stages from Mali across sand. 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. 22
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.22
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