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Lake Zughar: the Dead Sea, which al-Idrisi describes as a place where nothing lives. Two cities of the people of Lot were in it. It lies away from Rihā, and it is called the Dead Sea. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 355
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.355
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islam.museum contributors. “Lake Zughar”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/bahirat-zughar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.