Awlil
أوليل
An island port off the coast with the best-known salt works in the Sudan lands. Ships load salt there and sail it to the Nile, from which it is carried to the whole region 1.
Depth
At a glance
- Region
- West Africa & Sahel
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Awlil: an island near the coast, with the famous salt-works, according to al-Idrisi. Salt is carried from it to the lands of the Sudan: ships come and load the salt, then sail with it to the Nile. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 17
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.17
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Awlil”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/awlil/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.