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al-Sawsaqan

السوسقان

A place of many gardens and pleasant spaces, with running water and orchards, twelve miles from Marw. 1

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Al-Sawsaqan is an open place with much pleasure, with running water and gardens, according to al-Idrisi. Between it and Merv there are twelve miles. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 477
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.477
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Sawsaqan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/sawsaqan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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