al-Hawraa
الحوراء
A village with a quarry of millstones carried to the far lands; its people drink from sweet wells. 1
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al-Hawra: a village with a mine from which they cut millstones, which are carried to all parts of the earth. Its people drink from sweet wells. 2
This is al-Idrisi's description alone, and it needs an additional source.
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 350
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.350
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Hawraa”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/al-hawraa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.