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Maddasa

مداسة

A medium-sized, well-settled town on the Nile, drinking from it. Rice and sorghum are plentiful, trade is in gold, and fish are caught there. Six days from Tirqa. 1

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West Africa & Sahel
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Overview

Maddasa is a mid-sized, densely built city on the Nile, and its water is drawn from the river. 2

Conditions

Rice and maize are abundant there. Its people trade in gold dust and catch fish. It lies six days' journey from Tirqa. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 25
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.25
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