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Tripoli (al-Gharb)

طرابلس (الغرب)

A fortified city with a wall of white stone, handsome streets and well-made markets, with olives, figs, palms and many fruits; al-Idrisi says King Roger took it, and it is now under his rule. 1

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Maghreb
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Tarabulus (the West) is a fortified city with a wall of white stone, with fine streets and well-made markets. It has olives, figs, palms and many fruits. According to al-Idrisi, King Roger conquered it, and it is under his obedience. 2

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The Franks Take Tripoli of the Maghreb in 541· The Tripoli Uprising against the Christians and Their Burning

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رجار صاحب صقلية· Abu Yahya ibn Matruh· The Franks Take Tripoli of the Maghreb in 541· The Tripoli Uprising against the Christians and Their Burning

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 297
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.297
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رجار صاحب صقلية

Lord of Sicily (Roger II); his fleets took Mahdiyya in 543 under George of Antioch and he imposed the jarī tax on the coastal towns until Abd al-Mu'min the Almohad recovered them.