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Nabranta

نبرنته

A ruined city eight stages north of the Sughwa, once well known. Sand overwhelmed its houses and dried its wells, and only a few people remain 1, 2.

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Nabranta is a ruined city eight stages north of the site of Saghwa. It was one of the well-known cities. Then sand overwhelmed its houses and its wells dried up, so that only the remains of a people were left in it, according to al-Idrisi. 3 4

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 111
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 112
  3. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.111
  4. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.112
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islam.museum contributors. “Nabranta”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/nabranta/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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