Lawqin
لوقين
A city on the sea, on the bank of a sweet-water creek that ships enter, three stages from Orissa along the coast. 1
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Lawqin is a town on the sea and on the bank of a fresh creek that ships enter. It lies three stages along the coast from Awrisin, 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. 202
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.202
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islam.museum contributors. “Lawqin”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/lawqin/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.