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Tihama

تهامة

A low coastal land between the Red Sea and the mountains of Yemen, running from the Qulzum coast to Aden in about twelve stages, with mountains to the east and the sea to the west. 1

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Tihama is a low coastal land between the Red Sea and the mountains of Yemen. It extends from the coast of the Qulzum to Aden for about twelve stages, with the mountains to its east and the sea to its west, according to al-Idrisi. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 148
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.148
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