Wadi al-Falaj
وادي الفلج
A valley carried by the al-Falaj river, two days' journey across the desert from Mahar, with two small populated towns along it. 1
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Wadi al-Falaj is a valley in which the river al-Falaj flows, two days' journey opposite Mahar in the desert, according to al-Idrisi. On it are two small, populous towns. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 157
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.157
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