Jantama
جنطمة
A small town like a gathered village in the Sofala lands. Its people are poor and have little to trade; the region's hills hold iron, which is carried to India 1.
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Jantama is a small town like a gathering village in the land of Sufala, according to al-Idrisi. Its people are poor and have nothing to dispose of. Its minerals are iron, and their iron is carried to the land of India. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 67-68
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.67-68
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