Maddasa
مداسة
A medium-sized, well-settled town on the Nile, drinking from it. Rice and sorghum are plentiful, trade is in gold, and fish are caught there. Six days from Tirqa. 1
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- West Africa & Sahel
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Overview
Maddasa is a mid-sized, densely built city on the Nile, and its water is drawn from the river. 2
Conditions
Rice and maize are abundant there. Its people trade in gold dust and catch fish. It lies six days' journey from Tirqa. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 25
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.25
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