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al-Ruwaytha

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A halt on the pilgrim road about thirty-six miles from al-Suqya, which al-Idrisi describes as inhabited. 1

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al-Ruwaytha: a stopping place on the pilgrimage road, about thirty-six miles from al-Suqya. al-Idrisi describes it as having buildings. 2

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  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 142
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.142
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Ruwaytha”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/al-ruwaytha/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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