Doc Tsiolkovski
Deity
I'm just trying to get some info about Timbuktu, and in nearly every article in the net about this city, it gets attributed as being one of the "seven holy cities of Islam".
Now, I remember when I visited Kairouan on a Tunesia trip some years ago, this city also referred to being one of those 7.
However, searching the net only lists Bukhara as another one; but I can't find either a complete list, nor where the term comes from at all.
Obviously Mekka, Medina and Jerusalem are the widely known holy cities, but what about the other 4?
Now, I remember when I visited Kairouan on a Tunesia trip some years ago, this city also referred to being one of those 7.
However, searching the net only lists Bukhara as another one; but I can't find either a complete list, nor where the term comes from at all.
Obviously Mekka, Medina and Jerusalem are the widely known holy cities, but what about the other 4?