Dunqula
دنقلة
The seat of the Nubian king, on the west bank of the Nile, where the residents drink from the river. The author says its people are the handsomest of the Sudan, and their food is barley and sorghum 1.
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Dongola was the seat and residence of the king of Nubia, on the western bank of the Nile, and its people drink from it. Al-Idrisi describes them as the finest-faced and most handsome of the Sudanese, and says that their food is barley and maize. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 37
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.37
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islam.museum contributors. “Dunqula”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/dunqula/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.