Sohar
صحار
A city on the shore of the Gulf, among the wealthiest in Oman both in the past and in al-Idrisi's day; merchants visit it and the goods of Yemen are brought there. 1
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Sohar is a city on the shore of the Persian Sea, one of the wealthiest cities of Oman in both ancient and modern times, according to al-Idrisi. Merchants come to it, and goods of Yemen are brought to it. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 156
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.156
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islam.museum contributors. “Sohar”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/sohar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.