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Qina

قنا

A city of Upper Egypt east of the Nile, white and elegant in appearance, with stately buildings; Ibn Jubayr notes that its women keep to their homes (page 370 of the scanned copy).

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Qina is a city of Upper Egypt (al-Sa'id), east of the Nile. Ibn Jubayr describes it as white and elegant in appearance, with grand buildings, and mentions that its women keep to their houses. 1

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  1. The Travels of Ibn Jubayr, Arabic text (Gibb Memorial, 1907) , p.370
  • GeoNames gazetteer
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islam.museum contributors. “Qina”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/qina/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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