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Jabal al-Tur

جبل الطور

A high mountain near the sea, reached by a known path; it has a mosque and a well of sweet water from which climbers drink. 1

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Mount Tur is a high mountain near the sea, which can be climbed by a well-trodden path. On it is a mosque and a well of clear water, from which those who climb drink, according to al-Idrisi. 2

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Muwatta 291

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Masjid Al-Aqsa· Al-Masjid Al-Haram· Prophet's Mosque· Muwatta, Book of Prayer· Abu Hurayra· Ka'b al-Ahbar· Muhammad· Salah (the prescribed prayer)

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 349
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.349
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