Zaghawa
زغاوة
A town with many people, surrounded by Zaghawa tribes who herd camels. Their water comes from wells and their food is sorghum, dried meat and fish. Eight stages from Manan.
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Zaghawa is a city populous with people, around which are tribes of Zaghawiyyun who graze their camels, according to al-Idrisi. They drink from wells, and their food is maize, dried meat (muqaddat) and fish. It lies eight stages from Manan. 1
The pages in the source are 29 and 30; they need checking against the scan.
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.29
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islam.museum contributors. “Zaghawa”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/zaghawa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.