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al-Munastir

المنستير

A place with three fortified residences inhabited by devout people; the dead of al-Mahdiyya were carried there by boat for burial, near al-Mahdiyya. 1

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A site with three palaces, inhabited by a group of devotees. The people of al-Mahdiyya used to carry their dead to it in boats and bury them in its cemetery, which is near al-Mahdiyya, according to al-Idrisi. 2

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Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 282
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.282
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