Qasr Umm Isa
قصر أم عيسى
A town not large, two days south of al-Qasaba. Its people are prosperous, keep camels for travel, and their main trade is alum 1.
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Qasr Umm Isa is a city which is not large, lying two days south of the chief town. Its people are well off and have camels which they travel with, and their main trade is alum, according to al-Idrisi. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 117
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.117
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