Iksis
إكسيس
A village with thickets where lions are seen and attack people, according to al-Idrisi, who also describes lion hunting there; one stage from Sala. 1
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Iksis is a village among thickets where lions show themselves running at people. Al-Idrisi describes lion hunting there. It lies one stage from Sala. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 238
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.238
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islam.museum contributors. “Iksis”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/iksis/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.