Mahjam
المهجم
A small, fort-like town where its people gather, on the border between Dahis land and Yemen. Eight stages from Aden and seven from Sanaa 1.
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Al-Mahjam is a small city, like a fortress, where its people gather. It lies on the border between the land of Dahis and the land of Yemen, eight stages from Aden and seven stages from Sana'a, 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. 55
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.55
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