Jabal Nafusa
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A high mountain about three days long, with villages, barley fields and running water; al-Idrisi says the Masmuda tribes live there. 1
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Mount Nafusa is a high mountain about three days long. It has villages, barley fields and running water, and al-Idrisi says the Masamda tribes live on it. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 278
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.278
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