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al-Sayla

السيلة

A civilised city with standing markets and permanent buildings on the sea coast, on the left as one enters from the river mouth 1.

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Al-Sayla is a civilised city, with standing markets and permanent buildings, on the sea shore, according to al-Idrisi. He mentions that it lies to the left of one entering from the mouth of the river. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 949
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.949
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Sayla”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/sayla/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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