Jabal Bran
جبل بران
A mountain running north-south nearly to Asyut; the author says people speak of treasure hidden in it and that searches continued up to his time. 1
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Mount Bran runs from the south to the north until it nears the city of Asyut. Al-Idrisi says that people talk about treasures in it, and that the search for them continued down to his time. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 129
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.129
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