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Tajwa

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The seat of the land of the Tajuwi, a people the author describes as Magian. Their land borders Nubia. Thirteen stages from Zaghawa 1.

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Tajwa is the capital of the land of the Tajawin, a people whom al-Idrisi describes as Magians. Their land borders the land of Nubia, and it lies thirteen stages from the Zaghawa. 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. 30
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.30
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