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Sanitriyya

سنترية

A small town on the edge of the desert, with a pulpit, Berbers and settled Arabs. It drinks from few wells and springs, four stages from al-Bahrayn oasis 1, 2.

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Sanitriyya is a small city at the edge of the desert, according to al-Idrisi. It has a pulpit (minbar), and it is inhabited by Berbers and civilised Arabs. Its water comes from wells and a few springs. It lies four stages from Bahrayn. 3 4

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 123
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 124
  3. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.123
  4. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.124
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islam.museum contributors. “Sanitriyya”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/sanitriyya/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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