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Armant

أرمنت

A town on the east bank of the Nile, a day's sail from Isna. It has palms and trees bearing several kinds of fruit, and the author says its Coptic-era construction is fine and rare in comparison with other regions. 1

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Armant: a city on the east bank of the Nile, a day's journey from Isna, according to al-Idrisi. It has palm trees and trees that bear many kinds of fruit. Its building is of good Coptic work, and he reports that its like is rare in the lands. 2

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Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad

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Syed Sadaqat Ali· Cairo· Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 129
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.129
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Pakistani Qur'an reciter and teacher of recitation who studied under the Egyptian reciter Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad. He is known for AlQuran, the PTV programme teaching children reading and pronunciation since 1992; he is an official reader at the inaugural sessions of the Punjab Provincial Assembly and holds the Hilal-i-Imtiaz (2020), Sitara-i-Imtiaz (2015) and Pride of Performance.