Baqta
باقطى
A small town like a village gathered around a market, without walls, on a sand hill. Its people travel little and its trade is by import. Five days from Iqnat. 1
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- East Africa & Swahili coast
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Baqta: a small city like a populous village, not walled, lying on a sandy hill, according to al-Idrisi. Its people travel little, and its trade is of imported goods. It lies five days from Aqnat. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 45
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.45
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