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Namjān

نمجان

A small, civilised town ruled by a Turkish man, on the bank of a river called Sūqān 1.

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Namjan is a small, civilised city, owned by a Turkish man, on the bank of a river called Suqan, according to al-Idrisi. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 923
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.923
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islam.museum contributors. “Namjān”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/namjan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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