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Qarquna

قرقونة

A town on the Yemeni sea in Barbara land, where sea turtles are hunted. Two days by sea from Jawa. 1

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A city on the Yemeni sea in the land of Barbara, where sea turtles are caught. It lies two days' journey by sea from Juwa, 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. 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. “Qarquna”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/qarquna/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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