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Sur

صور

A populated town on the shore of the Gulf in Oman, with fishing and drinking water from wells. 1

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Sur is a populous city on the bank of the Persian Sea in the land of Oman. Fish is caught there, and its people drink from wells, according to al-Idrisi. 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. 155
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.155
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islam.museum contributors. “Sur”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/sur/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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