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Region: Egypt & Nile
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al-Ushmunayn: a small, populous, well-kept town with gardens, palm trees and crops, known for the cloths that are made in it. al-Idrisi reports that it lies about half a day or a little more from Munyat Ibn al-Khasib. ¹ ²

Sources

Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 124
Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 125

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islam.museum contributors. “Al-Ushmunayn”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/al-ushmunayn/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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