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Qayn

قاين

A clay-walled city of mud-brick buildings, with a citadel and a ditch; about one stage in size and two stages from Yanabadh. 1

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Qayn is a city built of mud brick, with a citadel (qasaba) and a ditch around it. Its extent is about a stage, and it lies two stages from Yanabidh, according to al-Idrisi. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 462
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.462
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islam.museum contributors. “Qayn”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/qayn/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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