نزهة المشتاق في اختراق الآفاق (Book of Roger — Geography with 70 Maps)

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...Nubia from the direction of the east. Between the city of Anjimi and the Nile is three days in the direction of the south, and its people drink from wells. From Anjimi to the city of Zaghara is six days. The city of Zaghara is a unified city, with many people, and around it are many of the Zaghari people. They resemble their cattle, and they have minor trades and crafts that they use among themselves. Their drinking water is from wells, and their food is millet, dried camel meat, preserved fish, and milk. They have much milk, and their clothing is tanned leather, with which they cover themselves. They are the fastest-running of the Sudanese. From the city of Zaghara to Mathan is eight stages. In Mathan resides its emir and its governor, and most of his men are naked, archers with bows. From the city of Mathan to the city of Tajua is thirteen stages, and it is the capital of the land of the Tajuans. They are magi non-believers/pagans who do not believe in anything, and their land connects to the land of Nubia. Among their lands is Samna, and this city of Samna is a small city. Some travelers to the cities of Kawar recounted that the owner of Yilan went to Samna—he being an emir on behalf of the King of Nubia—and he destroyed it and tore it down and scattered their people across the horizons, and it is now in ruins. Nubia City. From the city of Tajua to Al-Baha is six stages, and from the city of Tajua to the city of Nawaba is eighteen stages. Al-Baha is attributed to Nubia, and by it they are known.

The Fourth Part of the First Clime

In this fourth part of the First Clime are the lands of Nubia and some of the lands of Abyssinia and the remainder of the south of the land of the Tajuans, and a piece of the lands of the Oases that are included in the lands of Nubia, among the famous lands and capitals.