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Qasr Umm Isa is a city which is not large, lying two days south of the chief town. Its people are well off and have camels which they travel with, and their main trade is alum, according to al-Idrisi. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 117
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.117
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islam.museum contributors. “Qasr Umm Isa”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/qasr-umm-isa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.