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Tirqa

تيرقى

A large city with many people, without walls or enclosure. It obeys the ruler of Ghana, who hears its disputes, and lies six days from Ghana along the Nile. 1

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Tirqa is a large city with many people, without a wall or enclosure, according to al-Idrisi. It lies under the obedience of the lord of Ghana, to whom its people appeal for judgment and in whose name they pronounce the khutba. It lies six days from Ghana on the road of the Nile. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 25
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.25
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