Jandur
جندور
A cluster of tall, solidly built palaces pierced by fresh water, where the governor stayed in spring; al-Idrisi says an earlier governor rode out from them on an elephant each Friday. 1
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Jandur is a set of palaces joined together, well built and high-peaked, through which fresh water flows. The governor stays in them in the spring. Al-Idrisi says that in an earlier period the governor used to ride an elephant from them every Friday. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 177
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.177
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