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Qasr Ahnaf

قصر أحنف

A populated place on the Balkh road one stage from Marw, with an earthen wall and running water. 1

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A populous site a stage from Merv, on the road to Balkh. It has an earth wall and running water, 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. 477
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.477
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islam.museum contributors. “Qasr Ahnaf”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/qasr-ahnaf/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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