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Msus

Coordinates: 31°35′00″N 21°01′00″E / 31.58333°N 21.01667°E / 31.58333; 21.01667
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Msus
زاوية مسوس
Zawiyat Msus
Msus is located in Libya
Msus
Msus
Location in Libya
Coordinates: 31°35′00″N 21°01′00″E / 31.58333°N 21.01667°E / 31.58333; 21.01667
Country Libya
RegionCyrenaica
DistrictBenghazi
Time zoneUTC + 2

Msus or Zawiyat Msus (Arabic: زاوية مسوس), also Masous is a village in eastern Libya located 130 km (81 mi) southeast of Benghazi, and 80 km (50 mi) from Suluq on the same direction.[1] There is another road linking her with Charruba (about 69 km (43 mi) to the north).

Msus was a site of several battles between Italian colonial forces and Libyan resistance fighters, such as the one that took place on March 3, 1914, after the Battle of Sceleildima.[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ Salem Mohammed ez Zawam, “Mu’jam al Amakin al Jughrafiya fi Libia”, Dar wa Maktabat ash Sha’b, Misratah, 2005, p.75.
  2. ^ Kalifa Tillisi, “Mu’jam Ma’arik Al Jihad fi Libia1911-1931”, Dar Ath Thaqafa, Beirut, Lebanon, 1973, p.263.