Manf (Memphis)
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A village and town at the foot of Mount Muqattam, now largely in ruins. Al-Idrisi describes a place called the oven of Pharaoh, where a mirror is said to show a viewer's image, and a talisman said to have been made there. 1
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Two villages, one of them populous, lie at the foot of Mount al-Muqattam, and most of them are now in ruins, according to al-Idrisi. He mentions a place known as the Oven of Pharaoh, where there is a mirror in which a person's image can be seen, and a talisman associated with it is related. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 326
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.326
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