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Ṣawnū

صونو

A city of the Magians on the coast; the author gives seventy miles from Madsūna 1.

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Sawnu is a city of the land of the Magians, on the coast. Al-Idrisi mentions that it lies seventy miles from Madsuna. 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. 954
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.954
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islam.museum contributors. “Ṣawnū”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/sawnu/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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