Manbasa
منبسة
A small town in the Zanj lands on the sea, whose people mine iron. Two days from Malanda 1.
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Manbasa is a small city in the land of the Zanj, on the sea, and its people work in iron extraction. According to al-Idrisi it lies two days' journey from Malanda. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 59
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.59
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