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Sa'la

سعلا

A populous city on a riverbank with plentiful trade and close-set buildings, fourteen stages from Qabtu. 1

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Sa'la is a city populous with inhabitants on the bank of a river. Al-Idrisi mentions that it has abundant trade and continuous buildings, and that it lies fourteen stages from Qabtawa. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 211
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.211
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islam.museum contributors. “Sa'la”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/sa-la/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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