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Sa'da

صعدة

A cultured city in Yemen with tanneries where good leather is cured; the road to Sanaa runs from it. 1

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Sa'da is a civilised city in Yemen, with tanneries in which fine leather is tanned. The road to Sana'a goes from it, according to al-Idrisi. 2

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  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 146
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.146
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islam.museum contributors. “Sa'da”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/saada/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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