Babil (Babylon)
بابل
A small village that was once a great city; al-Idrisi says it was an old great capital, and that it is now a small place. 1
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Babil: a small village that was formerly a great city. al-Idrisi reports that it was once a great capital in ancient times, and that half of its size is now a small district. 2
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- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 670
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.670
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islam.museum contributors. “Babil (Babylon)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/babil/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.