We saw nothing of the building, and in the whole city there is no large or small house except that its door lintel is a single stone, and likewise all the door jambs, some of which are of two stones and some of four stones. Its construction is of earth, and its ground is all hard stone. In each house there are two, three, or four cisterns dug in the rock. Likewise, the city needs the *Asintina for its coolness and moderate air. Its valley comes from the south, surrounding it on its western sides, and passes through the summit along the circumference of the city, and turns towards the north, and then goes west to below the mountain, then proceeds north until it empties into the sea west of Wadi Sahra. Al-Qasantina is one of the most fortified cities of God, and it overlooks connected passes. It has plantations of *Asintina and barley extending in all its directions. It has within the city and along its walls a place from which they draw water and from which they manage during the calamities of siege. From Luqaha, and the dryness of the *Asintina, to Baghay is 3 stages. And from the *Asintina to the city of Bajaya is 6 days, 3 of them to Jijel, and from Jijel to Bajaya is 50 miles. Likewise, from Qasantina to Ibres is 5 stages, and from there to Bajaya is 54 stages. From there to Mal'a Bishr is two days, and from there to Tivash is two big days, and from there to Guelma is two big days, and from there to Al-Asrain is 3 days, and from there to Durra Madin is 6 days, and from there to Marsa al-Qal is two days in the land of the Arabs. The road from Qasantina to Bajaya is from Qasantina to Al-Fahr, to Fahas Ghara, to Darb Bani Khalaf, to Hisn Kaldis. And Hisn Kaldis is a very strong fortress, and from it to Al-Asintina is 20 miles, and there is no mountain or trench between them. And Kaldis is on a cliff overlooking the river Al-Fasaltiniya, and from the fortress.