Nawaba
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A town a short distance from the Nile, above the equator. Its people and trade are few, and the land is hot and dry; six days from the Nubian capital 1.
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Nawaba is a city a short distance from the Nile, lying above the equator according to al-Idrisi. Its people are few and its trade is slight, its land is hot and dry, and it is six days away. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 37
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.37
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