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Al-Jafar (oasis)

الجفار

One of two inhabited settlements at the lower end of the oases. The author says it once grew saffron, safflower, indigo and sugar cane, and now is a fortified-looking village ringed by palms with abundant sweet water 1.

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al-Jafar: one of two populated towns at the bottom of the oases. In the past its land was cultivated with saffron, safflower, indigo and sugar cane. The author describes it as a village like a fortress, surrounded by palm trees, with abundant water. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 123
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.123
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