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Tasawa

تساوة

A town in Fezzan near Jarma, with wells and palms. The author notes a silver mine on a mountain some three stages away, which he says yields little, and places the Berber tribe of Azqar about twelve days away 1.

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Tasawa is a city in Fezzan near Jarma, with wells and palms. Al-Idrisi mentions near it a silver mine in a mountain, and places a tribe of Berbers about twelve days from it. 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. 112
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.112
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