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Faran

فاران

A place on the sea road to Mount Tur, described by al-Idrisi as hard to cross, with a small village where some Arabs of the district settle. 1

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Paran is a place on the sea road to Sinai. Al-Idrisi describes its road as difficult. There is a small village in it where some of the Arabs of those parts take shelter. 2

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  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 349
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.349
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islam.museum contributors. “Faran”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/faran/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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