Mayraf
ميراف
A large city on the coast with wealthy merchants; its people are fond of travel, and al-Idrisi says some roam for a year or two without returning home. 1
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Mayraf is a large city on the sea coast, with wealthy merchants. Al-Idrisi mentions that its people are fond of travel and wandering, and that some of them roam for a year or two without returning to their families. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 410
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.410
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