Meknes
مكناسة
A handsome city on high ground with water running to its east, with markets, baths and houses, and gardens and fields around it; named after the Miknasa tribe. 1
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Meknes is a fine city raised on high ground, with water flowing to its east, full of markets, baths and houses, and joined by gardens and crops. Al-Idrisi mentions that it was named after the Meknassa tribe. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 244
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.244
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islam.museum contributors. “Meknes”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/meknes/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.