Islam Museum Islam Museum islam.museum
Search ⌕ AR | EN | UR

Inkalas

انكلاس

One of the largest and busiest cities of Kawar, with pure alum mines. The author says its people travel east as far as Egypt and west to Wargla and the far Maghreb 1, 2.

Depth

At a glance

Region
West Africa & Sahel
Review
Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it

Overview

Inkalas is one of the largest cities of Kawar in area and the busiest in trade, and it has pure alum mines, according to al-Idrisi. He says its people travel eastward as far as Egypt and westward as far as Wargalan and the land of the Far Maghrib. 3 4

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 117
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 118
  3. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.117
  4. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.118
Cite this page

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

Improve this page on GitHub · Report an error · JSON

Wing

Place

Cities, sites and routes on a map that moves through time.