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Lafīsa

لفيسة

A city on a mountain ridge; the author gives six stages from Banūy 1 2.

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Lafisa is a town on the back of a mountain. Al-Idrisi says it lies six stages from Banawi. 3 4

An additional source is needed to fix its location today.

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 894
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 895
  3. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.894
  4. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.895
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islam.museum contributors. “Lafīsa”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/lafisa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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