Zubala
زبالة
Once a town, now neither a city nor a fortress; a halt where travellers on the Hijaz road rest. 1
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Overview
Zubala was a city in the past. According to al-Idrisi, in his time no city or fortress remained, but it is a place where travellers on the Hijaz road take shelter. 1
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 381
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islam.museum contributors. “Zubala”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/zubala/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.