Jubayl (Byblos)
جبيل
A city on the coast with a strong stone wall and a wide district of trees, five miles from the river of Ibrahim; its people drink from wells. 1
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A town on the sea with a wall of strong stone, and a wide district with trees. It lies five miles from the River Ibrahim, and its people drink from wells, according to al-Idrisi. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 372
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.372
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