gargash

Updated: June 7, 2025

The little village of Gargash was seen at our right, near the margin of the sea. Gameo exclaimed, "There's the little mosque there's the little cemetery there are the little gardens, little palms!" and little this, and little the other: indeed, it was a perfect miniature of congregated human existence. Arrived at Janzour, Gameo and his brother prepared to return.

James Richardson - Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846

"First Tripoli, and not far from it are palms of El-Hamabaj, and a mosque El-Kajeej. You then proceed to Gargash, in which are palms, and along the road the Kesar Jahaly. And you proceed to Seid, where are palms and the Indian fig. You go on to Zaweeah, where are palms, houses, and a Kesar for troops, and a Zaweeah for the reading of The Sublime Koran, and mosques.

James Richardson - Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846