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Shantuf

شنطوف

A town at the point where the Nile divides into two arms; two great canals leave from there and run to Tinnis and Damietta. 1

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Shantuf is a city in the upper Nile where it divides into two branches, according to al-Idrisi. From its two branches two large gulfs emerge, which reach Tinnis and Damietta. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 330
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.330
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islam.museum contributors. “Shantuf”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/shantuf/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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