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Labda

لبدة

A city of many buildings on the coast, which Arabs took over, driving out its people; only remains survive, and al-Idrisi says its later people were Hawwara Berbers. 1

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Lebda is a town with many buildings on the sea. The Arabs gained power over it and drove out its people, and only remains of it are left. Al-Idrisi says its inhabitants were of the Hawwara Berbers. 2

In the account of Ibn Fadl Allah al-Umari it is in ruins. It has two great idols of white marble, and most of its building is of marble. A valley used to flow to it and end in the sea, until drifting sand overcame it, cut off the valley's supply, and emptied its inhabitants. 3

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 308
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.308
  3. Masalik al-absar fi mamalik al-amsar — al-Umari (1924 printing) , p.243-244
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