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al-Tabas

الطبس

A city with palms and mud-brick buildings, drinking from water brought in from outside, on the edge of the desert. 1

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Tabas is a Jarumi city, with palms, built of mud, and its water is brought in. It lies on the edge of the desert, according to al-Idrisi. 2

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  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 463
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.463
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Tabas”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/tabas/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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