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al-Mismaqan

المسرقان

A populated town, its trees mostly palms; al-Idrisi notes grains of many kinds and much sugar cane. 1

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al-Mismaqan: a populous town, with most of its trees being date palms. al-Idrisi describes it as having kinds of grain and much sugar cane. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 394
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.394
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Mismaqan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/al-mismaqan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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