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Qift

قفط

A city on the east bank of the Nile, half a day from Akhmim. The author describes its population as mixed and says its people are Shia, as he states it. Seeds of greens such as turnip and lettuce are grown and pressed for oil, which is made into soap and carried throughout Egypt. 1

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Qift is a city on the eastern bank of the Nile, half a day from Akhmim. Al-Idrisi describes its people as mixed, and says that they are Shi'a. 2

Agriculture and industry

According to al-Idrisi, vegetable seeds such as turnip and lettuce are grown there, and oil is extracted from them. Soap is made which is carried to the whole land of Egypt. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 128
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.128
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islam.museum contributors. “Qift”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/qift/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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