Balaq
بلاق
A town in Nubia between two arms of the Nile, where merchants from Nubia, Abyssinia and Egypt meet during truces. Seven days' journey by land to the cataract of Janadil. 1
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Balaq: a city of the towns of Nubia between two arms of the Nile, according to al-Idrisi. The merchants of Nubia, Abyssinia and the land of Egypt gather there at the time of peace and truce. It is seven days by land from Balaq to the mountain of the cataracts. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 38-39
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.38-39
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