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Qafsa

قفصة

A fine walled city with a flowing river and crops of henna, cotton and cumin, with a market and standing crafts. 1

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Qafsa is a fine city with a wall and a running river, according to al-Idrisi. Its produce includes henna, cotton and cumin, it has a standing market and crafts, and it lies four stages from Qastiliya. 1

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  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 278
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islam.museum contributors. “Qafsa”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/qafsa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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