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Damamil

دماميل

A recently built town on the east bank of the Nile, about seven miles from Qus. The author describes its air as good, its farmland and grain as abundant, and its mixed population as generous. 1

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Damamil: a recently built city on the east bank of the Nile, about seven miles from Qus. al-Idrisi describes its air as good, and says that it has grain and cultivation. Its people are mixed, and he describes them as generous and faithful. 2

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  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 129
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.129
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