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Khiwan

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A strong fortress with two water pools and vineyards whose large grapes are dried into raisins and carried to neighbouring lands; it lies on the road to Sa'da. 1

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Khiwan is a strong fortress with two water basins. It has vineyards whose grapes are large and sweet, from which raisins are made and carried to the neighbouring lands. It is on the road to Saada, 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. 147
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.147
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islam.museum contributors. “Khiwan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/khiwan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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