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Aswan

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A small, prosperous town with plenty of wheat, vegetables and meat. It is the furthest point up the Nile that boats from Egypt reach, lying about twelve stages from the cataract, and is one of the frontier towns of Nubia. 1

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East Africa & Swahili coast
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Aswan: a small, populous city rich in wheat, vegetables and meat, according to al-Idrisi. It is the furthest point reached upstream on the Nile from the land of Egypt. It lies near the mountain of the cataracts, about twelve stages from it, and he counts it among the frontier posts of Nubia. 2

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Birthplace of
Abbas Mahmoud al-Aqqad
Burial place of
Abbas Mahmoud al-Aqqad· Aga Khan III

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Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 39-40
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.39-40
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