The land of Qamnuriyya
أرض قمنورية
A land of the Sudan south of the Sahara that once had well-known towns. Pressure from the Zaghawa and Lamtuna reduced its people, who scattered to mountains and deserts; only a few remain, living on milk and fish. The author reports that merchants describe their beliefs as confused 1, 2.
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- West Africa & Sahel
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Overview
The land of Qamnuriyya is a land of the Sudan south of the desert, where there were once famous cities. Al-Idrisi mentions that the pressure of the Zaghawa and the Lamtuna exhausted it, until its people scattered into the mountains and deserts, and a small group remained, living on milk and fish. He relates from merchants a confused description of their belief. 3 4
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 105
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 106
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.105
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.106
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