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al-Quway'a

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A populated harbour on the Red Sea coast, with water brought from some distance, which al-Idrisi lists on the road to al-Juhfa. 1

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al-Quwayah: a populous harbour on the coast of the Qulzum (the Red Sea). al-Idrisi reports that its water comes to it from a distant place, and that it is carried to it by the road of al-Juhfa. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 350
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.350
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Quway'a”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/al-quwayah/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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