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Jijel

جيجل

A coastal city with two harbours, among them the Marsa al-Shu'ara', sheltered by the mountain from the north; hard to enter without a guide, and seventy miles from al-Qal. 1

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A town on the coast of the sea with two harbours, one of them the Harbour of the Poets, a fine harbour sheltered by the mountain from the north. It is hard to enter except with a guide. 2

It lies seventy miles from al-Qall, according to al-Idrisi. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 268
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.268
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