Najagha
النجاغة
A small town on the bank of the river that crosses Abyssinia. Its people are farmers who grow sorghum and barley for their living. Six days from Markata 1.
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Najagha is a small city on the bank of the river that cuts through the land of Abyssinia. Al-Idrisi mentions that its people are farmers who grow maize and barley and supply their livelihood from it, and that it lies six days from Markata. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 43
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.43
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