Bathna
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A town on the coast of the Sofala lands, joined to the Zanj lands. About eight stages from al-Banas, with a sea inlet between them that blocks the direct land route 1.
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Bathna: a city on the coast in the land of Sufala, joined to the lands of the Zanj. It lies about eight stages from al-Banas, and between them is a sea inlet that blocks the land road. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 60
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.60
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