Labda
لبدة
A city of many buildings on the coast, which Arabs took over, driving out its people; only remains survive, and al-Idrisi says its later people were Hawwara Berbers. 1
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Lebda is a town with many buildings on the sea. The Arabs gained power over it and drove out its people, and only remains of it are left. Al-Idrisi says its inhabitants were of the Hawwara Berbers. 2
In the account of Ibn Fadl Allah al-Umari it is in ruins. It has two great idols of white marble, and most of its building is of marble. A valley used to flow to it and end in the sea, until drifting sand overcame it, cut off the valley's supply, and emptied its inhabitants. 3
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 308
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.308
- Masalik al-absar fi mamalik al-amsar — al-Umari (1924 printing), p.243-244
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