Tazirbu

Tazirbu is an oasis in the eastern Sahara, northwest of Kufra and beyond the great gravel plains of the Libyan Desert. Its palms and water stand apart from the surrounding dry country. The name is said to mean a chief seat in the Tebu language, recalling a time when Tebu rulers held authority here. Accounts of the early nineteenth century placed Tazirbu among the distant oases known to travellers moving between Egypt and the interior.