Jabal Jalut
جبل جالوت
A Berber mountain near the settlements of the Banu Hilal. The author says it takes its name from Goliath, whose army was defeated there and who fled to it with his horsemen 1.
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Mount Jalut is a Berber mountain around which the Banu Hilal live. Al-Idrisi says it was named so because Goliath's army was defeated at it, and he and his horsemen took refuge in it. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 121
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.121
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