Tajwa
تاجوة
The seat of the land of the Tajuwi, a people the author describes as Magian. Their land borders Nubia. Thirteen stages from Zaghawa 1.
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Tajwa is the capital of the land of the Tajawin, a people whom al-Idrisi describes as Magians. Their land borders the land of Nubia, and it lies thirteen stages from the Zaghawa. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 30
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.30
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