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Nughayra

نغيرا

A town in the land of Qamnuriyya. The author says it was once one of two thriving towns there, and that wars and raids later emptied it. He gives about twelve days of travel from it toward Sila 1, 2.

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Nughayra is a city in the land of Qamnuriya in West Africa. Al-Idrisi mentions that it was once one of two populous cities there, and that civil strife and raids later destroyed it. He mentions that the road from it to Sula is about twelve days. 1 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 105
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 106
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