Misr (Egypt)
مصر
A land watered by the Nile without rain, with Nubia to the south and the sea to the north; it has orchards, trees, palms and sugar cane, and its people plant after the flood. 1
At a glance
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
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Overview
Misr is a land whose crops are watered from the Nile without rain. Its borders run south to the land of Nubia and north to the sea. It has orchards, trees, palms and sugar cane, and its people sow on the water of the flood, according to al-Idrisi. 2
Connections
- Visited by
- Sarah
- Ruled by
- سليمان باشا الخادم
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 519· Muwatta 548· Muwatta 690· Muwatta 762
People and things also explored
Muwatta, Book of Prayer· Muwatta, Book of Zakat· Dhimma (the covenant of protection)· Jizya (capitation on treaty peoples)· حملة سليمان الخادم على الهند· Abu Ayyub al-Ansari· Al-Tirmidhi, Muhammad ibn Isa· الوليد بن عبد الملك
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 322
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.322
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islam.museum contributors. “Misr (Egypt)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/misr/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.