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Qalhat

قلهات

A populated town on the coast of Oman with well water and fishing, a long stage inland from Sur. 1

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Qalhat is a populous city on the sea shore in Oman. Its people drink from wells, and fish is caught there. According to al-Idrisi it is a great stage overland from Sur. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 155
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.155
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islam.museum contributors. “Qalhat”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/qalhat/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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