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Samqanda

سمقندة

A pleasant town on the bank of the Nile, eight days from Saghmara and nine from Ghurbil. 1

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Samqanda is a fine city on the bank of the Nile, according to al-Idrisi. It lies eight days from Saghmara and nine days from Gharbil. 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. 25
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.25
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islam.museum contributors. “Samqanda”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/samqanda/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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