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Kūyāba

كويابة

A city in the land of the Bulghars; the author gives eight stages from Ṣalāw, and says Muslim merchants come to it from Armenia 1.

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Kuyaba is a town in the land of Bulghar. Al-Idrisi says it lies eight stages from Salaw, and that Muslim merchants head to it from Armenia. 2

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  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 917
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.917
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islam.museum contributors. “Kūyāba”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/kuyaba/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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