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Hajr of al-Yamama

حجر اليمامة

A city of al-Yamama, now in ruins, which in its time was the principal seat of the region. 1

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Hajr al-Yamama is a town in al-Yamama. Al-Idrisi says that in his time it had become a ruin, though in its day it was the capital of al-Yamama. 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. 160
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.160
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