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Qasr al-Qashib

قصر القشيب

A palace at Marib known as Qasr al-Qashib, which al-Idrisi identifies as the palace of Bilqis. 1

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The Palace of al-Qashib is a palace in Ma'rib. Al-Idrisi mentions that it is the palace of Bilqis. 2

Ibn Fadl Allah al-Umari counts it among the famous monuments of Yemen, together with the dam of Ma'rib. 3

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 153
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.153
  3. Masalik al-absar fi mamalik al-amsar — al-Umari (1924 printing), p.232
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