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al-Mahalla

المحلة

A large town with busy markets and trade on the Balqina canal, facing another town to the east, in al-Idrisi's account. 1

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al-Mahalla: a large town with flourishing markets and trade. It lies on the Balqina canal. al-Idrisi reports that it faces another town to the east. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 340
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.340
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Mahalla”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/al-mahalla/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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