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Region: Egypt & Nile
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Samannud is a town in the Nile Delta of Egypt, on the Nile. Ibn Battuta mentioned it on his way to Cairo. ¹

The coordinates are taken from the GeoNames gazetteer for a modern place bearing the same name. An additional source is needed to verify its match with the town Ibn Battuta mentioned. ²

Sources

Rihla of Ibn Battuta (Tuhfat al-nuzzar), Arabic edition 1958
GeoNames gazetteer

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islam.museum contributors. “Samannud”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/samannud/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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