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Zalqan is a city at a distance from Bust, with a wall, markets, running water, palms and vines, according to al-Idrisi. It is as large as Qarnayn, and most of its people are weavers and merchants. 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. 457
Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.457

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islam.museum contributors. “al-Zalqan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/zalqan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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