Jabal al-Awras
جبل الأوراس
A long mountain range with continuous settlement, villages, orchards and trees; its people are proud, and al-Idrisi compares its shape to a letter. 1
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The Aures mountains are a long mountain range with connected settlements, with villages, gardens and trees. Al-Idrisi describes its people as proud and dignified, and compares its shape to a letter. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 264
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.264
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