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Shansha

شنشا

A handsome town of many trees and farms with abundant produce, lying on the way down toward al-Buhat. 1

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Shansha is a fine city abounding in trees and farms, with comprehensive blessings, according to al-Idrisi. From it one descends to al-Buhat. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 335
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.335
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islam.museum contributors. “Shansha”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/shansha/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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