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Vera

بجانة

A city that was famous before Almeria; its people moved to Almeria, which grew while Vera declined, leaving only traces of buildings and its standing congregational mosque, with gardens and orchards around it. 1

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Bajjana (Vera) was a city famous before Almeria, according to al-Idrisi. Its people moved to Almeria, which flourished, and Bajjana was ruined. Nothing remains of it but traces of building and its standing congregational mosque, and around it are gardens and orchards. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 566
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.566
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islam.museum contributors. “Vera”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/vera/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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