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Najaa

النجا

The last land of Barbara, a village on the road from Mirka. Eight days from it to Qarnawa, and six to Badhuna. 1

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East Africa & Swahili coast
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Najaa is the last land of Barbara, a village on the road to Marka. Al-Idrisi mentions that from it to Qarnuwa is eight days, and to Badhuna six days. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 48
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.48
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islam.museum contributors. “Najaa”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/najaa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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