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Jabal Sahaw

جبل سحاو

Among the highest and steepest mountains, eight miles from Kaldis; the Arabs do not cross beyond it. 1

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Mount Sahaw is one of the highest and hardest mountains to climb, according to al-Idrisi. It lies eight miles from Kaldis, and the Arabs go no further than it. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 267
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.267
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islam.museum contributors. “Jabal Sahaw”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/jabal-sahaw/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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