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Region: East Africa & Swahili coast
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Balaq: a city of the towns of Nubia between two arms of the Nile, according to al-Idrisi. The merchants of Nubia, Abyssinia and the land of Egypt gather there at the time of peace and truce. It is seven days by land from Balaq to the mountain of the cataracts. ²

Sources

Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 38-39
Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.38-39

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islam.museum contributors. “Balaq”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/balaq/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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