Ruwayst

رويست

A handsome, populous town without walls, three stages from Tarum. 1

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Persia & Central Asia
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Ruwayst is a fine, populous city with no wall, and it lies three stages from Tarim, 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. 440
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.440
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islam.museum contributors. “Ruwayst”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/ruwayst/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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