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Qal'at Mahdi

قلعة مهدي

A strong fortress on a high mountain, on the road from Tadla, with Zanata tribes living around it. 1

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Qal'at Mahdi is a strong fortress above a lofty mountain on the road to Tadla. Zanata tribes live around it, according to al-Idrisi. 2

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  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 243
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.243
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islam.museum contributors. “Qal'at Mahdi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/qalat-mahdi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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