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Jaffa is a city on the shore of the salt sea, about twenty miles from Ramla, and it has a harbour for ships, according to al-Idrisi. 2
Al-Muqaddasi named it the treasury of Palestine and the port of Ramla. He describes it as small, with a strong fort, its whole sea gate of iron, its congregational mosque overlooking the sea, and its harbour good. 3
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 356
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.356
- Ahsan al-Taqasim fi Ma'rifat al-Aqalim of al-Muqaddasi, p.142
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