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Haifa

حيفا

A town below the tip of Mount Carmel with a good harbour for fleets, three light stages from Qaysariyya. 1

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Haifa is a town at the foot of Mount Carmel, with a fine harbour where a fleet and other vessels can anchor. It lies three light stages from Caesarea, 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. 365
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.365
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islam.museum contributors. “Haifa”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/haifa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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