Iqnat
اقنت
A town that is neither large nor populous, and mostly in ruins. Its few people live on sorghum, barley, fish and meat. Four days by land from Manquna. 1
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- East Africa & Swahili coast
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Iqnat is a town that is neither large nor populous, and most of it is in ruins. Its few people live on maize, barley, fish and meat, according to al-Idrisi. It lies four days' journey by land from Manqunah. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 45
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.45
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