Tamdafus
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A small ruined town, with part of its wall standing, ancient remains and stone idols; eighteen miles east of Algiers. 1
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Tamdafus is a small, ruined city, of which part of the wall remains. It has remnants of ancient building, temples and idols of stone. It lies eighteen miles east of Algiers, 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. 258
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.258
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