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Sirt

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A town on sandy ground two miles from the sea, with remnants of palms but no olives and many figs; its wells are few, so the people rely on rain stored in cisterns. 1

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Sirt is a city in sandy land two miles from the sea. It has remnants of palms but no olives, and many figs. Its wells are few, so its people depend on rainwater stored in cisterns (mawajil), 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. 298
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.298
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