Sijilmasa
مجلماسة
A desert town near the Lamtuna lands and the caravan route to Sudan. About forty days by caravan from Sala and Takrur, and about forty stages from Awlil 1.
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Sijilmasa is a city in the desert near the land of the Lamtuna, and it is the caravan route to the Sudan, according to al-Idrisi. It lies about forty days' caravan journey from Sala and Takrur, and between it and Awlil there are about forty stages. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 18-19
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.18
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