Jabal al-Lakkam
جبل اللكام
A range that begins at the Red Sea and runs into the lands of Syria, called Jabal al-Lakkam there; it reaches toward Homs and bends by Mar'ash and Shamshat. 1
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Mount al-Lakkam is a mountain that begins at the Red Sea and extends to the regions of Syria, where it is called the Mountain of the Banu al-Lakkam. It ends at Homs, then bends as far as Marash and Shamshat, according to al-Idrisi. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 353
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.353
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