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Madyan

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A large town on the Red Sea coast which al-Idrisi identifies as the town of Shu'ayb, with a house and water from a flowing spring; its livelihood is narrow, five stages from Ayla. 1

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Overview

Madyan is a large city on the shore of the Red Sea (the Qulzum Sea). Al-Idrisi says that it is the city of Shu'ayb. 2

What al-Idrisi reports

It has a house and water from a flowing spring. Its people's livelihood is narrow. It lies five stages from Ayla. 2

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Site of
Zayd ibn Haritha's detachment to Madyan and the captives

People and things also explored

The Prophetic Era· Dumayra, client of Ali ibn Abi Talib· Muhammad· Zayd ibn Haritha· Zayd ibn Haritha's detachment to Madyan and the captives

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 350
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.350
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islam.museum contributors. “Madyan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/madyan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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