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Kawar

كوار

A well-known land that lies east of Kawkaw and is visited for trade. Alum known as Kawari alum comes from it 1.

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Kawar is a famous land that people travel to, joined on the east to the land of Kawkaw. From it comes the alum known as Kawari alum, 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. 116
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.116
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islam.museum contributors. “Kawar”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/kawar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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