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Bakhta

بختة

An inhabited village in Beja land with a market. It gives its name to the Bactrian camels, prized as the most patient and fastest of camels for travel. 1

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Bakhta: a settled village in the land of the Beja, with a market. From it the Bakhti camels take their name, which are the most patient of camels in travel and the swiftest. Its people live from their produce. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 47
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.47
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islam.museum contributors. “Bakhta”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/bakhta/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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