Tuha
طحا
A well-known town below al-Ushmunayn, famous for woollen hangings and blankets named after it. The author reports that crocodiles harm the bank opposite al-Ushmunayn but not the bank of Ansina 1.
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Tuha is a famous city below al-Ashmunayn, according to al-Idrisi. Wool carpets (sutur) and woollen cloaks attributed to it are made there. He mentions that the crocodile harms the bank opposite al-Ashmunayn, and does not harm the bank of Anasna. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 125
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.125
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islam.museum contributors. “Tuha”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/tuha/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.