al-Funt
الفنت
Two great, populous towns with standing markets and common fruits, which in Islamic times were stations for caravans. 1
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al-Funt: two large, populous towns with established markets and abundant fruit. al-Idrisi reports that in Islam they were stopping places for caravans. 2
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Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 553
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.553
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Funt”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/al-funt/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.