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Jasta

جسطة

A small town on a large creek that ships enter. Gold is plentiful there and is the main work and income of its people, who eat sea turtles and shellfish. Two days from Daghuta 1.

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Jasta is a small town on a large creek that ships enter. Gold is found there in abundance, and it is the produce and occupation of its people. They eat sea turtles and the flesh of shellfish. It lies two days from Dughwata, according to al-Idrisi. 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. 79
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.79
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