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Lawkand

لاوكند

A city the size and market-life of Halawarid, which al-Idrisi describes as a fine place with abundant fruit. 1

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Persia & Central Asia
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Lawkand is a town as large as Halawarid, with similar markets. Al-Idrisi describes it as having a fine site and abundant fruit. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 488
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.488
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islam.museum contributors. “Lawkand”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/lawkand/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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