Damanhur

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Region: Egypt & Nile
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Damanhur: a city in the Delta of Egypt. Ibn Battuta passed through it on his way from Alexandria to Damietta. ¹

An additional source is needed: the identification of the old place with the modern city of the same name has not yet been confirmed.

Sources

Rihla of Ibn Battuta (Tuhfat al-nuzzar), Arabic edition 1958

GeoNames gazetteer

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islam.museum contributors. “Damanhur”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/damanhur/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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