Lamta
لمطة
A city on the edge of the desert that stretches between Multan and other lands, four stages from Kabul and similar in size to Zawila. 1
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Lamta is a town on the edge of the desert that extends between Multan and other lands. It lies four stages from Kabul, and it is close in size to Zuwaila, according to al-Idrisi. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 197
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.197
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islam.museum contributors. “Lamta”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/lamta/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.