Tilmila
تلملة
A small town of Kawar, one day from Ibzar, with little water and few palms but good dates. Its alum mine is of little value because the ore is mixed with earth veins 1.
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Tilmila is a small city among the cities of Kuwar, a day from Ibzar, according to al-Idrisi. It has little water, few palms and good dates. Its alum mine is of little benefit, because it is mixed with veins of earth. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 118
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.118
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