al-Tha'labiyya
الثعلبية
A desert town where caravans gather, which al-Idrisi lists among the stops on the road between Kufa and the Hijaz. 1
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Al-Tha'labiyya is a city of the desert lands, with a caravan gathering place. Al-Idrisi mentions it together with places on the road between Kufa and the Hijaz. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 381
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.381
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