Zaila
زالع
A city on the coast of Abyssinia, on the sea that joins the Red Sea. Many people live there and ships bring many kinds of trade. Slaves and silver leave from it; gold is scarce 1.
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- East Africa & Swahili coast
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Zaila is a city on the coast of the sea connected to the Qulzum, in the land of Abyssinia, according to al-Idrisi. Its people are numerous, and ships come to it with kinds of trades. Slaves and silver are exported from it, and gold is scarce in it. 2
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Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 44
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.44
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islam.museum contributors. “Zaila”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/zaila/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.