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Zafar, the chief town of Yakhsub, is a city in Yemen. Al-Idrisi mentions it in a passage on the distances from the market of Ukaz to Najran and to Sana'a. ¹

Its location is not fixed by coordinates, and it is not known whether it is the coastal Zafar of Ibn Battuta. The page is taken from a scan and needs matching against the image. An additional source is needed.

Sources

Nuzhat al-mushtaq (al-Idrisi), Rome 1592, p.63

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islam.museum contributors. “Zafar, capital of Yakhsub”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/zafar-yakhsub/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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