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Tabariyya (Tiberias)

طبرية

The great city of the Jordan, as al-Idrisi calls it, ninety miles from Jerusalem and two light days from Acre. 1

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Tiberias is the great city of Jordan, which al-Idrisi describes as populous. It lies ninety miles from Bayt al-Maqdis, and two easy days from Akka. 2

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Site of
Battle of Tiberias (429 AH)

People and things also explored

Anushtakin al-Dizbiri· Salih ibn Mirdas al-Kilabi· Battle of Tiberias (429 AH)

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 363
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.363
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Anushtakin al-Dizbiri

Anushtakin al-Dizbiri, commander of the Fatimid caliph al-Zahir's armies to Syria; his authority reached Ascalon where he faced Hasan ibn Mufarrij and the Kilabis, then al-Zahir dispatched him in 429 AH against Salih ibn Mirdas and Hasan — he met them at the Jordan by Tiberias, routed them, and killed Salih and his younger son.