Luqin
لوقين
A city three stages from the island of Sanf, on the approaches to China, with fine silk and Chinese silk goods 1.
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Luqin is a town three stages from the island of al-Sanf, which is among the approaches of China. Al-Idrisi says that in it are the best of brocade and Chinese silk. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 84
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.84
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islam.museum contributors. “Luqin”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/luqin/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.