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Zifta

زفتة

A large village adjoining Shantuf, fifteen miles from Shalaqan, with a market serving the villages around it. 1

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Zifta is a large village adjoining Shantuf, and it lies about fifteen miles from Shalaqan. It has a market, and al-Idrisi says it is populated by the neighbouring villages. 1

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  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 330
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