Manquna
منقونة
A town on the Abyssinian coast, five days by land from Zaila. Its people live from fishing and from the shellfish of the nearby reefs. 1
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- East Africa & Swahili coast
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Overview
Manquna is a city on the shore of the sea in the land of Abyssinia, on the southern coast, five days' journey by land from Zaligh. Its people live by fishing and by shellfish. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 45
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.45
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