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Isnakhwa

اسنخوا

A city in a broad plain where nothing grows but saffron, which is shipped from there to every part of China. 1

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Isnakhwa is a town in an extended land where nothing grows except saffron. From it, saffron is shipped to all the regions of China, according to al-Idrisi. It lies eight stages from Chinese territory. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 211
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.211
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islam.museum contributors. “Isnakhwa”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/isnakhwa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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