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al-Dandanqan

الدندانقان

A handsome town with a wall, fort, markets, baths and inns, two stages from Marw. 1

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Dandanqan: a fine city with a wall, a fortress, markets, baths and inns. It lies two stages from Merv, according to al-Idrisi. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 477
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.477
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Dandanqan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/dandanqan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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