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Zafar, capital of Yakhsub

ظفار قصبة يخصب

A city that was Zafar, capital of Yakhsub in Yemen. Al-Idrisi mentions it in his account of distances from the Ukaz market to Najran and to Sanaa (Nuzhat al-mushtaq, al-Masih p. 63).

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Zafar, the chief town of Yakhsub, is a city in Yemen. Al-Idrisi mentions it in a passage on the distances from the market of Ukaz to Najran and to Sana'a. 1

Its location is not fixed by coordinates, and it is not known whether it is the coastal Zafar of Ibn Battuta. The page is taken from a scan and needs matching against the image. An additional source is needed.

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  1. Nuzhat al-mushtaq (al-Idrisi), Rome 1592 , p.63
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islam.museum contributors. “Zafar, capital of Yakhsub”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/zafar-yakhsub/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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