† ہجری تاریخ عیسوی/جولین تاریخ سے حساب کے ذریعے نکالی گئی ہے؛ یہ منتقل شدہ تاریخ سے ایک یا دو دن مختلف ہو سکتی ہے۔
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الموفقية
The counter-city al-Muwaffaq built facing the Zanj capital al-Mukhtara in 267: once he saw the siege would be… - عمارت
بی بی مریم کا مقبرہ اور مسجد، نارائن گنج
حاجی گنج، نارائن گنج میں ایک مقبرہ، مسجد، مہمان خانہ، محراب دار دروازہ اور احاطے کی دیوار؛ اسے سترہویں صدی کے… - عمارت
المارستان المقتدري
On Sinan ibn Thabit's advice al-Muqtadir founded a bimaristan at Bab al-Sham, named it al-Muqtadiri, and gave… - عمارت
مارستان السيدة
On 1 Muharram 306 the physician Sinan ibn Thabit opened the bimaristan al-Sayyida had founded at Suq Yahya on… - عمارت
بئر زمزم
The well inside the Great Mosque of Mecca from which pilgrims drink; tied in Muslim memory to Hagar and… - عمارت
حصن خضرفور القديم (حاجي گنج)
A riverine water fort on the Shitalakshya near Narayanganj, now called Hajiganj Fort; the 2023 documentation… - عمارت
مسجد موتي (مهرولي)
Draft card for the Moti Masjid of Mehrauli, Delhi, the small Mughal mosque near Qutb al-Din's shrine; its… - عمارت
قصر براز الروز
In 287 al-Mu'tadid ordered a palace at his chosen spot in Baraz al-Rawz; the householders of Bab… - تصور
ذات عرق (اہل عراق کا میقات)
ذات عرق اہل عراق اور ان کے راستے سے گزرنے والوں کا میقات ہے، جو مکہ سے دو مرحلے پر ہے۔ اس کا نص سے ثابت ہونا… - تصور
ذو الحلیفہ (اہل مدینہ کا میقات)
ذو الحلیفہ بنو جشم کے ایک پانی کا نام تھا، پھر اس جگہ کا نام پڑ گیا، اور یہ اہل مدینہ کا میقات ہے۔ - تصور
حرم (مقدس علاقہ)
The sanctuary (haram) in the technical sense is Mecca and its surroundings; the name is also used for Medina… - تصور
حجاز فقہاء کے احکام میں
Linguistically, Hijaz comes from the root for barrier, the mountain range that separates the lowland of… - تصور
حِجر (حجرِ اسماعیل)
The Hijr is the curved enclosure beside the Ka'ba's wall, also called the enclosure of Isma'il; some call the… - تصور
أمن الحرم ومكانته
The security of whoever enters the Sacred House, one of the signs the Qur'an names for the House. Rashid Rida… - تصور
آزمائش کا باغ
شعراوی کے نزدیک جس باغ میں آدم اور ان کی بیوی رہے وہ جنت الخلد نہیں بلکہ منہج پر عمل کی آزمائش کا باغ تھا،… - تصور
مکان (فقہی احکام)
مکان کے فقہی احکام میں یہ شامل ہے کہ کن جگہوں پر نماز درست ہے، ہاتھ باندھنے کی جگہ، میت کی تدفین کی جگہ،… - تصور
مکہ مکرمہ (متعلقہ احکام)
مکہ مکرمہ وہ شہر ہے جہاں بیت اللہ ہے، اور پورا شہر اور اس کے گرد کا علاقہ حرم ہے۔ اس کے احکام میں تعظیم،… - تصور
الشَّاذَرْوان
The shadharwan is the smooth ledge that projects from the base of the wall of the Sacred House by about… - تصور
وادي مُحَسِّر
Wadi Muhassir is the valley that lies between Mina and Muzdalifa and belongs to neither; it is named for… - واقعہ
موقف علي من حصار عثمان
656 عیسوی · 35 ھ† - واقعہ
دخول علي الكوفة سنة 36هـ
تقریباً جنوری 657 عیسوی · رجب 36 ھ - واقعہ
انتقال علي بعاصمة الخلافة إلى الكوفة
36 ھAli moved the seat of government from Medina to Kufa, because Quraysh would not back him and its factions had… - واقعہ
وفاة مالك الأشتر في الطريق إلى مصر
657 اور 659 کے درمیان عیسویAli chose Malik al-Ashtar to govern Egypt after Qays ibn Sa'd was replaced. He died at the edge of the Red… - واقعہ
مطالبة فاطمة بميراث النبي وفدك
632 اور 634 کے درمیان عیسوی · 11 ھAfter the Prophet's death Fatima and al-Abbas asked Abu Bakr for their share of the Prophet's estate, the… - واقعہ
استنفار علي من ذي قار
36 ھAfter Talha, Zubayr and Aisha left for Basra in 36 AH, Ali left Medina for Kufa and then camped at Dhi Qar;… - واقعہ
ولاية قيس بن سعد على مصر ورسالة علي إليه
657 اور 659 کے درمیان عیسویAli sent Qays ibn Sa'd to govern Egypt after Muhammad ibn Abi Hudhayfa's death. Qays organised the province… - واقعہ
آخر حج لعمر واستخلاف علي على المدينة
644 عیسوی · 23 ھThe last pilgrimage Umar led in 23 AH, taking the Prophet's wives with their guardians who did not cover from… - واقعہ
استشارة عثمان الصحابة في غزو إفريقية
644 اور 656 کے درمیان عیسوی - واقعہ
صلح عثمان مع وفود الأمصار في ذي المروة
655 اور 656 کے درمیان عیسوی - سفر
من القاهرة إلى قوص في النيل، طريق ابن جبير
A stage of Ibn Jubayr's pilgrimage journey. He sailed up the Nile from Cairo to Qus, passing Jabal al-Muqla,… - سفر
من قوص إلى عيذاب في الصحراء، طريق ابن جبير
A stage of Ibn Jubayr's journey to the Hajj. He left Qus on camels with cameleers from al-Mubarraz, on the… - مقام
ابادہ
فارس میں شیراز سے اصفہان کے مشرقی سردی کے راستے پر ایک چھوٹا قصبہ، جو 1952 میں صوبے کا سب سے شمالی ضلع تھا۔ - مقام
عبادان
A small, populated place on the shore of the sea where waters from Basra arrive; two stages from Basra. - مقام
أبر قباذ
A city of the Tigris districts; Utba ibn Ghazwan turned to it in his hour and God opened it to him. - مقام
ابرکوہ
یزد کا ایک چھوٹا قصبہ، جو شیراز اور یزد کے راستے پر واقع ہے۔ 443/1051 میں کاکویہ فرامرز کو دیا گیا، اس کے بعد… - مقام
ابرقويه
A strong, fertile city rich in trees, walled with earth, most buildings of mud brick, with cheap prices; 123… - مقام
ابرشہر
نیشاپور کا قدیم نام، جو خراسان کے چار اضلاع میں سے ایک کا دارالحکومت تھا۔ مسلمان جغرافیہ نگار اس کے نام کو… - مقام
آبسكون
A fine, well-settled town from which the road runs to the Gates, the Jil and Daylam, on the edge of… - مقام
عبادان
Abbadan, Basra's island and sea-fortress; it was Humran ibn Aban's qati'a from Abd al-Malik — one of the Ayn… - مقام
أبهر
A town between Hamadhan and Qazwin; al-Bara' ibn Azib besieged it en route to Qazwin — its fortress had been… - مقام
أبورد
Abiward of Khurasan; its great Bahmana truced Ibn Amir at four hundred thousand — or Ibn Khazim's mission… - مقام
أبر كاوان
Abr Kawan, the island off Fars first taken by al-Hakam ibn Abi al-As's sea expedition — folk call it Bani… - مقام
أبرندس
A civilised city with many markets and buildings on low ground, placed by the author northeast of Ifranak… - مقام
ابو عریش
عسیر میں جیزان سے تقریباً دو میل کے فاصلے پر ایک قصبہ، جسے ساتویں/تیرہویں صدی میں ایک شیخ نے آباد کیا،… - مقام
أبو قير
A small town on the Mediterranean coast about fifteen miles east of Alexandria, known for the naval battles… - مقام
أبورة
One of the two inhabited towns of the land of Fanmārk, where the people are largely nomadic. - مقام
الحبشة
The Aksumite kingdom across the Red Sea: twice occupier of Yemen (340 and 525), patron of Abraha’s elephant… - مقام
أدا كاله
A small island in the Danube, now in Romania, inhabited by Turks, close to the Iron Gates and Orsova. An… - مقام
أدا بازاري
A flourishing trading town in the province of Kocaeli, Turkey, on the fertile plain of the lower Sakarya… - مقام
أدماوا
A region of West Africa named after the Fulani leader Modibbo Adama, who led the Fulani jihad there in 1809.… - مقام
عدن
A port in southern Yemen on the Indian Ocean, a major station on the maritime trade routes — al-Muqaddasi's… - مقام
آذنة
A great, populous city with markets, crafts and wide livelihoods on the Sayhan river, twelve miles from… - مقام
درعا
The chief town of the Hawran in southern Syria, about 106 km south of Damascus and the Edrei of the Bible. It… - مقام
أذرح
A place whose people came to the Prophet at Tabuk and paid the jizya, according to Ibn Ishaq. - مقام
أجدابية
A town of Cyrenaica on the coast, once a military station and a great commercial centre, with a substantial… - مقام
أديامان
A small town in south-east Anatolia, formerly called Hisn Mansur after the Umayyad amir Mansur b. Dhi'awana,… - مقام
عذرة
A small coastal town with no wall, having a bath, an inn and plentiful water; a large river to its west,… - مقام
اذرنتو
An ancient city rich in produce, with the sea around much of its wall and a river coming from the north;… - مقام
ادراست
A large, populous city rich in produce and broad in its affairs, on the shore of the strait, one hundred… - مقام
أفغانستان
A region of Central Asia that the Muslims conquered in the first centuries AH. Kabul resisted Islamization… - مقام
أفلي
A city on a level plain with open spaces and connected buildings; high mountains lie to its north and the… - مقام
عَفْراء
A water of the Romans in Palestine where Farwa ibn Amr al-Judhami was crucified and beheaded; he names it in… - مقام
أفرنيسفا
A large, populous city on level ground with steady harvests, one of the cities of Maqdūniya. - مقام
أفشنة
Village near Bukhara in which Ibn Sina was born. - مقام
أفسين
A small town which al-Idrisi names as the town of the People of the Cave; near it is a cave in a mountain,… - مقام
أفيون قره حصار
A town of western Anatolia, formerly Kara Hisar-i Sahib, called Afyon Kara Hisar from its rich opium… - مقام
أكادير
A Moroccan town on the Atlantic coast at the junction of the High Atlas and the Sus plain. The Portuguese… - مقام
أغاثوبلس
A city on the coastal road after Ayīmīdiyā; the author gives a stretch of twenty-five miles between them. - مقام
أغمات
A city in the far Maghreb. The author names its merchants as travellers on the desert road with Sijilmasa and… - مقام
أغرميني
A civilised city; the author says it had been in ruins until Heraclius II rebuilt it, and places it half a… - مقام
أغريمس
A city on the sea; the author gives eighty miles from Targhīq and one hundred and fifty miles from Jarnamūda. - مقام
آغرا
A city in northern India; it was the Mughal capital in the reign of Akbar and holds the Taj Mahal. - مقام
الهقار
A mountain massif of the central Algerian Sahara, named after the Kel Ahaggar Tuareg confederacy that ruled… - مقام
اهناس
A small, well-ordered town with many inhabitants and wide resources. It has many crops, plentiful and cheap… - مقام
جبلا طيء (أجأ وسلمى)
The two mountains where the tribe of Tayy settled after al-Azd moved north, so that they became known as the… - مقام
أجدابية
A town on a level rocky plain, now reduced to two palaces in the desert; it has no running water and no… - مقام
عجلون
A mountainous district of Transjordan, between the Yarmuk, the Hamad, the Wadi al-Zarqa' and the Ghawr,… - مقام
أجنادين
A place in the land of al-Sham where Amr ibn Sa'id ibn al-As, Hubbar ibn Sufyan and Sa'id ibn Amr were killed… - مقام
آق حصار
Ak Hisar, 'White Castle', is the name of several places, and gives the nisba of a number of authors. The best… - مقام
آق مسجد
Ak Mescit, 'White Mosque', is the name of two places. The first is a town in the Crimea, founded by the khans… - مقام
آق سراي (أورجنج)
Ak Saray, 'White Palace', a palace near Gurgandj (Urgench) in Khwarazm, still mentioned in the Shaybaniade.… - مقام
أخلتسخه
Akhaltsikhe, called Akhiska in Persian and Turkish, 'New Fortress' in Georgian, lies on the Poskhov river and… - مقام
آخرون
Akharun beyond the river; Qutayba's first objective — its and Shuman's king had pressed the Saghaniyan's… - مقام
أخيلو
A city beside a gulf twelve miles wide and twenty miles long; the author gives twenty-five miles from… - مقام
إخميم
An old city on the east bank of the Nile, with two mosques that Ibn Jubayr mentions, remains and structures… - مقام
أخريذة
A great city with many buildings, broad and pleasant, with a great lake nearby where fish are taken; a day… - مقام
أخسكت
Akhsikath — al-Balkhi's Akhsikath — Farghana's old city; opened by Salih ibn Muslim with Kasan, Urusht and… - مقام
عكا
Acre on the Syrian coast in jund al-Urdunn — the chief maritime fortress of the Crusader wars; Salah al-Din… - مقام
آق شهر
Town in Anatolia where the anecdotal Nasreddin Hoca is said to be buried; the edition notes his tomb there… - مقام
أكسوم
Capital of the Christian kingdom of Aksum in the Ethiopian highlands, where early Muslims took refuge around… - مقام
العباسية
In al-Baladhuri: a city Umar ibn Hafs al-Ataki built in the farthest Berber lands and named al-Abbasiyya;… - مقام
العباسیہ (قیروان کے قریب)
ابراہیم بن الاغلب نے 184/800 میں قیروان کے قریب یہ شہر بسایا، جب انہیں افریقیہ کا امیر مقرر کیا گیا۔ 264/877… - مقام
الأبواء
A halt on the pilgrim road about twenty-seven miles from al-Juhfa. - مقام
الأفلاج
A district of southern Nejd whose most populous oasis and capital is Layla. Its spring-fed pools 'Uyun… - مقام
الأحقاف
Al-Ahkaf is both the title of Sura 46 and the name of a region in southern Arabia. Dictionaries usually read… - مقام
الأهرامان
Two pyramids about six miles from Misr, built of large stones which al-Idrisi describes as marble, about four… - مقام
الأحري بالهند
India's great pilgrimage temple — a whole town endowed to it, ringed by a thousand cells of women consecrated… - مقام
الأحساء
A city on the Gulf coast, fine but small, which al-Idrisi says the Qaramita once held; two stages from… - مقام
الأهواز
A city known as Hormuz-Shahr, the capital of Khuzistan, on a broad site with healthy air, abundant food and… - مقام
الأخضر
A place named by Abu Ruhm al-Ghifari in the night he rode near the Prophet on the road to Tabuk. - مقام
الأخج
al-Akhj on the road to Zabulistan; its folk fought Ibn Samura and were beaten, and he opened it. - مقام
العمق (سهل شمال سورية)
A large alluvial plain of northern Syria, north-east of Antioch, lying in the tectonic depression between the… - مقام
الأعمشية
A halt on the road with a small spring and no permanent residents. - مقام
الأنبار
In al-Baladhuri: a town named for the Persians' granaries there, whence al-Nu'man's retainers and clients… - مقام
الأندلس
In al-Baladhuri via al-Waqidi: Tariq ibn Ziyad, Musa ibn Nusayr's agent, raided it first in year 92; Alyan,… - مقام
العقبة
Al-'Aqaba, the only seaport of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, at the eastern head of the Gulf of 'Aqaba at… - مقام
المسجد الأقصى
The al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, which the book calls the Prophet's place of the Night Journey and the second… - مقام
العارة
A place on the south shore of Yemen, west of Aden, in Subayhi territory, once the headquarters of the Banu… - مقام
العارض
The central district of Najd in Arabia, centred on Wadi Hanifa below the Tuwayq escarpment. Its towns include… - مقام
العريش
Al-Arish, Amr ibn al-As's first halt on the march to Egypt in year 19 — thence to al-Farama; at al-Mirish… - مقام
العرج
A halting place on the Hijra road between Quba' and Makkah, mentioned by Ibn Ishaq in his account of the… - مقام
العتك
A valley in Nadid, one of the largest cutting through the western wall of the Tuwayk escarpment. It is a true… - مقام
العواصم
The part of the frontier zone between the Byzantine Empire and the Caliphate in the north and north-east of… - مقام
الأوسية الكبرى
Al-Awsiyya al-Kubra, a village of the Fayyum; water reaches it from two outlets, it has a gate that controls… - مقام
الجامع الأزهر
Cairo's al-Azhar mosque, begun by the Ubaydids in Rabi' II 359 and finished in Ramadan 361. In his 2016… - مقام
الببر
A district in the Daylam mountains toward the Caspian; Kathir ibn Shihab raided it with al-Taylasan in Umar's… - مقام
البهنسا
A populous city of mixed peoples, known for its weaving workshops that produced the curtains called… - مقام
البانس
A populous village on the Zanj coast and the last of their lands. It has a large drum whose sound carries a… - مقام
البيلمان
al-Baylaman of Sind; it yielded without a fight to Muhammad ibn al-Qasim's force, Sursant making peace… - مقام
البئر المعطّلة والقصر المشيد
The paired ruins of proverb — the forsaken well and the high-built palace — which al-Umari places near… - مقام
البحيرة
A Jurjan town where Sul al-Turki camped; Yazid besieged him six months, fought him again and again, till he… - مقام
البنادقة
The land of the Venetians, in whose midst the western sea is known; it has inhabited islands, six of them in… - مقام
البريص بدمشق
A marvellous surviving building in central Damascus where wine flowed in ancient days, celebrated by poets… - مقام
البتم
al-Buttam, the hill-country beyond the river; opened by Mukhallad ibn Yazid ibn al-Muhallab in his father's… - مقام
البويب
Site near the Euphrates bridge where Mihran ibn Mihrbandadh was killed in year 14; its flanks are said to… - مقام
الدبّة
A site on the Badr road, between Dhu Afran and Badr, traversed by the army of Madinah. - مقام
الدردور
A place at sea where the water turns without pause; anything that falls into it, according to the author,… - مقام
الديماس بأنطاكية
Antioch's temple, right of its congregational mosque, of common brick and stone — into a door of which the… - مقام
الفلاليج
In al-Baladhuri: a site Khalid reached returning from Baniqya; a Persian host there dispersed and he met no… - مقام
الفرما
Al-Farama (Pelusium), Egypt's eastern gateway; Amr ibn al-As reached it after al-Arish, found a body of men… - مقام
الفيوم
Al-Fayyum, among Upper Egypt's districts; Amr ibn al-As sent Kharija ibn Hudhafa al-Adawi to it together with… - مقام
الفنت
Two great, populous towns with standing markets and common fruits, which in Islamic times were stations for… - مقام
الفرات
The town of al-Furat in the Tigris districts; Mujashi' ibn Mas'ud took it by force, its folk coming out with… - مقام
الفسطاط
Al-Fustat in al-Baladhuri: the city had been called al-Yuna, renamed al-Fustat by the Muslims as 'the… - مقام
الغابة
A place near Medina on the Syrian side where the Prophet's milch-camels grazed; the site of the Dhu Qarad… - مقام
الغدير (المسيلة)
A newly founded town called al-Ghadir, pleasant, whose people are Bedouin with farms and lands; eighteen… - مقام
مرسى الغيط
A good harbour sheltered from some winds, from which wheat and barley are exported, and linked with the… - مقام
الغوطة
A broad belt around Damascus, about two stages long and one stage wide, with many villages and estates, among… - مقام
الحدث
al-Hadath, the Jaziran frontier-city at the Darb al-Hadath which Banu Umayya called al-Salama out of omen;… - مقام
الحديثة
al-Haditha near Mosul — an old village with two churches and Christian cells which Harthama ibn Arfaja made a… - مقام
الحائط المحيط
An ancient wall south of the lands of al-Ghurba and Usbijab, known as the Encompassing Wall, the wall of Abd… - مقام
الحمة
A place whose water is not pleasant but is drinkable; its people make do with it, and settlements lie to its… - مقام
الحمامات
A place a long stage from Tunis, which al-Idrisi lists among the coastal places. - مقام
الحربية
a Baghdad quarter named — in al-Baladhuri — for Harb ibn Abdallah al-Balkhi of Ja'far ibn al-Mansur's shurta… - مقام
المدينة الهاشمية
A city on the Euphrates near Kufa; in al-Baladhuri begun by Yazid ibn Umar ibn Hubayra, abandoned on Marwan's… - مقام
الحوراء
A village with a quarry of millstones carried to the far lands; its people drink from sweet wells. - مقام
الحِجر
A place where the Prophet and the Muslims stopped on their way to Tabuk; they drew from its well and were… - مقام
الحيرة
The Arab capital on the edge of Iraq’s Sawad, seat of the Lakhmid kings who guarded Persia’s frontier from… - مقام
الإجانة
al-Ijana, the wide basin at the Dijlat al-Awra channel's edge three farsakhs from Basra — Jahiliyya named it,… - مقام
العيص
A place between Yanbu and al-Marwa near the Red Sea coast, reached by Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib's expedition… - مقام
الجفار
One of two inhabited settlements at the lower end of the oases. The author says it once grew saffron,… - مقام
الجار
Al-Jar, the Hijaz's port where Egypt's kharaj grain-ships landed from year 21 onward — Sa'd al-Jar taking… - مقام
الجعرانة
A settlement between Mecca and Ta'if where the Prophet halted the spoils and captives of Hunayn, received… - مقام
الجيزة
A bank of the Nile facing Fustat on the west, joined to it by a bridge of about thirty boats, with houses,… - مقام
الجحفة
The land between Mecca and Medina — named (al-Mas'udi says) for the torrent that swept away (ajhafa) 'Ubayl… - مقام
الجند
A populated fortress with people of Khawlan and wells, on the road from al-Thajja to Sanaa. - مقام
الجُرف
A place three miles from Medina, in the editors' reckoning; the Prophet stopped there and Ali ibn Abi Talib… - مقام
الكهف والرقيم
The site of the Sleepers' slumber: al-Balqa's claim is rejected by al-Umari, who cites al-Harawi's own visit… - مقام
الكلبانية
al-Kalbaniyya in al-Ahwaz — where Siyah al-Uswari and his corps halted, sent from Istakhr toward al-Sus as… - مقام
الكرج
the Jibal city mastered by Isa ibn Idris whose fortress Abu Dulaf al-Qasim enlarged into a misr — 'Karaj Abi… - مقام
الكرك
A city and famous fortress south of al-Balqa', seat of kings of the Ayyubid house and then a refuge for… - مقام
الكرخ
the Baghdad quarter where al-Mansur gathered the markets, ordering merchants to build shops and obliging them… - مقام
الخضراء
A town on a small river with continuous buildings and vineyards, with a market and a bath. - مقام
الخليل
A town with a mosque where the tomb of Abraham is said to lie, with graves set facing one another and wooded… - مقام
الخليقة (ذو الخليفة)
Khalifat Bani Abi Ahmad near Medina, where Ali and al-Zubayr caught the woman carrying Hatib's letter to… - مقام
الخندمة
A rugged mountain on the edge of Mecca where resisters from Quraysh and Banu Bakr gathered under Safwan ibn… - مقام
الخرار
A place near al-Juhfa, reached by Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas's expedition in Dhu al-Qa'dah of the 1st year AH; they… - مقام
الختل
al-Khattl beyond the river; truced by Sa'id ibn Uthman, they broke — Umayya ibn Abdallah took it, they broke… - مقام
الخورنق
An old Persian palace at al-Hira; in al-Baladhuri built by al-Nu'man ibn Imri' al-Qays — son of al-Shaqiqa… - مقام
الخريبة
In al-Baladhuri: a site Khalid passed after the Ubulla fight, opened and took captive those in it, leaving… - مقام
الكيرج
al-Kiraj of Sind; Duhar's sally broken, it yielded on terms — and here Sind's folk painted Muhammad ibn… - مقام
الكريون
Al-Kiryawn, a place below Alexandria where Amr ibn al-As met the Roman and Copt hosts mustered to strike him… - مقام
الكديد
A watering place between Usfan and Amaj on the road between Medina and Mecca; there the Prophet broke his… - مقام
قرقرة الكدر
A water source of Banu Sulaym in Najd, on the eastern trade road between Makkah and Syria, where the raid on… - مقام
اللاهون
Lahun in the Fayyum: it is related that Yusuf built it to share out the water, and in 307 AH the Fatimid… - مقام
المدائن
the Khusraws' city on the Tigris — Ctesiphon; in al-Baladhuri the Muslims besieged Bahurasir nine or eighteen… - مقام
المذار
A town of the Tigris districts; its marzban came out against Utba ibn Ghazwan, was routed with most of his… - مقام
المفازة
a tract adjacent to Sisar; in al-Baladhuri evacuated by al-Jurashi, its people's estates commended to his… - مقام
المحلة
A large town with busy markets and trade on the Balqina canal, facing another town to the east, in… - مقام
المهدية
Al-Mahdiyya, the first Fatimid seat on the Ifriqiyan coast; al-Muqaddasi c. 375 AH: walled in stone and… - مقام
المحفوظة
al-Mahfuza, 'the Guarded', built by al-Hakam ibn Awana beyond the lake as the Muslims' refuge-misr when Hind… - مقام
المهجرة
A great village with abundant springs, which al-Idrisi says marks the boundary between two districts. - مقام
منارة الإسكندرية
A tall lighthouse on the Alexandria coast of finely cut stone. Al-Idrisi gives its height as about three… - مقام
المنهى
A branch that leaves the main Nile and is called al-Manhi in that region. It runs westward, and Zamakhir lies… - مقام
المنجشانية
al-Manjashaniyya, six miles from Basra — the estate Qays ibn Mas'ud al-Shaybani, Kisra's warden of the Taff,… - مقام
المنصورة
al-Mansura of Sind below the lake; built by Amr ibn Muhammad ibn al-Qasim on his victory — the governors'… - مقام
المنصورة (السند)
A newly founded city built by al-Mansur of the Abbasids, who gave it his name. It is built of mud brick and… - مقام
المرغاب
al-Marghab at Basra — Bashir ibn Ubaydallah ibn Abi Bakra dug its canals by force within Hilal ibn Ahwaz's… - مقام
المسلتان بالإسكندرية
Two square, tall stone obelisks, narrower at the top, bearing old inscriptions; al-Idrisi reports from… - مقام
المرية
Almeria — Nasir's fortress city with Khayran's castle, a thousand silk looms and a thousand baths, an iron… - مقام
المسرقان
A populated town, its trees mostly palms; al-Idrisi notes grains of many kinds and much sugar cane. - مقام
الميانج
A district of Azerbaijan between Ardabil and Maragha; its people joined the marzban's muster on Hudhayfa's… - مقام
المعلّقة
A ruined city of Ifriqiya on the Mediterranean, about sixteen miles from Tunis, said to have belonged to the… - مقام
المعسكر
A populated village one stage beyond the preceding halt, near a river. - مقام
المذار
A small, populated and well-built town, one stage from Bayan, which al-Idrisi mentions together with… - مقام
المذيب
Waystation on the Iraq road; in al-Baladhuri Abu Ubayd ibn Mas'ud reached it and met Jaban the Persian's host… - مقام
المغيثة
al-Mughitha, the dam Sulayman ibn Ali built on Basra's batiha at a million dirhams' cost — turning the water… - مقام
المحمدية
The city al-Mahdi built at Rayy in 158 AH, moated and girded with a fired-brick suburb, which Rayy's people… - مقام
المخرّم
Village near Ayn al-Tamr; in al-Baladhuri it was not yet called Mukharrim then — it was named after a… - مقام
المنكب
A fine, medium-sized town rich in tuna fisheries, with a square standing structure and a large basin that… - مقام
المنعرج
A spot in Maysan where al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba met and killed Maysan's dehqan who had apostatized from Islam,… - مقام
جبل المقطم
A mountain range running through the desert from the start of Egyptian lands toward Aswan, with ochre and… - مقام
المسيلة
A newly founded city on a level plain, which al-Idrisi says was established under Idris ibn Abdallah, with… - مقام
النهروان
A small town crossed in its middle by the Nahrawan canal, on the road east of Baghdad, listed among the… - مقام
النجرانية
A village in the Kufa district settled by the Christians of Najran and their Jewish dependents when Umar ibn… - مقام
النشاستج
Estate in Iraq's Sawad; in al-Baladhuri granted by Uthman to Talha ibn Ubayd Allah from Khusraw's safaya and… - مقام
النواقير
Three tall white mountains on the coast, which al-Idrisi places some eighteen miles from Acre. - مقام
الناووسة
A small town on an island surrounded by the Euphrates, with abundance and buildings; about twenty miles from… - مقام
النيل
A town in the Sawad; in al-Baladhuri al-Hajjaj dug the Nil and Zabi canals — naming the latter for the old… - مقام
النجير
A fortress of Banu Kinda in Hadramawt in which al-Ash'ath ibn Qays and the chiefs of Kinda fortified… - مقام
القادسية
A place in Iraq where Amr ibn Uthman al-Taymi was killed with Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, according to Ibn Ishaq. - مقام
القل
A populated village that was a city in earlier times, now a harbour with buildings and mountains around it,… - مقام
القصبة (في كوار)
A small, well-built city in the Kawar valley, surrounded by palms. Its people wear woollen cloths and drink… - مقام
القاسية
al-Qasiyya at Basra, a tract the water had left dry — taken by al-Qasim ibn Sulayman on a forged grant-letter… - مقام
القاطول
The Jaramiqa village-site on a Tigris canal where al-Mu'tasim first built before abandoning it for Samarra —… - مقام
القيس
An old, well-built city on the west bank of the Nile, with sugar cane and many kinds of dates. It is about… - مقام
القويعة
A populated harbour on the Red Sea coast, with water brought from some distance, which al-Idrisi lists on the… - مقام
الرَّبَذة
A place near Medina, in the editors' reckoning; Ibn Ishaq records that Abu Dharr was exiled there and died… - مقام
الرجيع
A site between Usfan and Makkah, also called al-Hada'ah, where Adal and al-Qara broke faith with Khubayb ibn… - مقام
الرامي
An island connected to Sarandib, with crops, minerals and perfumes. The author describes a rhinoceros there… - مقام
الروضة الشريفة
Draft card for al-Rawda al-Sharifa in the Prophet's Mosque, the blessed space between the minbar and the… - مقام
الروحاء
Estate in the Sawad; in al-Baladhuri granted by Uthman to Adi ibn Hatim al-Ta'i. - مقام
الرها
al-Ruha (Edessa), greatest city of the Euphratean Jazira; the first of the Jazira towns Iyad ibn Ghanm took —… - مقام
الرومية
place on the Tigris near al-Mada'in; in al-Baladhuri Sa'd camped there till its people made peace — whoever… - مقام
الرور
al-Rur, a hilltop Sind city; taken by sulh after months — 'the budd is as the churches of Christians and Jews… - مقام
الرصافة
Baghdad's east side — built by al-Mansur for al-Mahdi, called Askar al-Mahdi from his camp there bound for… - مقام
الرويان
A Tabaristan district; Sa'id ibn al-As conquered it with the plain and Dumbawand. - مقام
الرويثة
A halt on the pilgrim road about thirty-six miles from al-Suqya, which al-Idrisi describes as inhabited. - مقام
الصفا
A small hill beside the Kaaba at Mecca; the Prophet climbed it to summon the clans of Quraysh and warn them,… - مقام
الصفراء
A populated valley between al-Rawha' and Badr, where the Prophet sent Basbas and Adi to spy on the caravan. - مقام
السال
A small village of Arabs, one stage from the populated villages of the Yamama valley. - مقام
الصالحية
a Baghdad quarter named — in al-Baladhuri — for Salih ibn al-Mansur. - مقام
السَّلْسَل
A water in the land of Judham in the northern Hijaz; Amr ibn al-As camped there on his campaign towards… - مقام
الصامغان
An Iraqi highland district; its people treated with Utba ibn Farqad alongside Darabadh for jizya and kharaj —… - مقام
الصماء
A barren desert place inhabited by poor Arab families, on the road to Basra. - مقام
السرير
Al-Sarir, a land of the upper Caucasus whose king bears the title Sahib al-Sarir; Marwan ibn Muhammad entered… - مقام
السيلحين
In al-Baladhuri: a site where the Muslims overnighted returning from the Baghdad-market raid to al-Anbar… - مقام
الشجرة
A place on the Medina road that al-Idrisi names as the miqat for people of Medina, with a few Arabs living… - مقام
بلاد الشام
The lands north of Arabia where Qudaʾa’s Salihids then the Ghassanids ruled as Rome’s client kings, and to… - مقام
الشاش
al-Shash beyond the river, its king at Tarband; Qutayba took most of it to Isbijab, whose old fort the Turks… - مقام
الشوط
A site near Madinah, between Madinah and Uhud on the road out to Uhud, where some of the Ansar lived and… - مقام
الشيخان
A site between Medina and Mount Uhud on the eastern road along the Harra; it held two utum said to be named… - مقام
الشحر
The land of al-Shihr, which adjoins Hadramawt on its eastern side. - مقام
الشيز
A town of Azerbaijan holding the great fire-temple Adhar Gushnasp; its people stood among the Ardabil… - مقام
الشعيبية
al-Shu'aybiyya at Basra; its Euphrates folk carried it to Ali ibn al-Rashid as his sharecroppers on lightened… - مقام
السيبين
Twin canals dug by Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik when granted the lowlands still holding water in return for… - مقام
السرين
A strong coastal fortress about five days from Hulay, with abundant water and a governor, where a fixed levy… - مقام
السبيطية
al-Subaytiyya, the estate al-Mansur cut from Basra's batiha over the town's objection; a dahqan named… - مقام
السنح
A quarter of the 'Awali (upper Medina) named for the utm 'al-Sunh' built by Banu al-Harith ibn al-Khazraj,… - مقام
السقيا
A halt on the pilgrim road about twenty-seven miles beyond al-Abwa, with an orchard, palm gardens and people… - مقام
السوس
al-Sus, the great city of al-Ahwaz; starved out by Abu Musa it fell on an eighty-man aman, its marzban… - مقام
الطبسين
al-Tabasayn — the twin fortresses Tabas and Qurayn, a palm-bearing jurm that is the gate of Khurasan; raided… - مقام
الطاهرية (خوارزم)
A town of income and trade, with farms, reservoirs and common fruits; the first district of Khwarazm on the… - مقام
التعلبية
Waystation on the Iraq road; in al-Baladhuri Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas camped there three months till the people… - مقام
الطيلسان
A Daylam district; Kathir ibn Shihab raided it with al-Babar, among the frontier posts Rayy's governor… - مقام
الطيرهان
A town beside Mosul; Utba ibn Farqad took it with Tikrit before marching through the Bajarma district to… - مقام
الطربال بجور
A venerated Persian building in central Jur razed by the Muslims. - مقام
الأبلة
In al-Baladhuri: a town near Basra whose people gathered against Suwayd ibn Qutba; Khalid ibn al-Walid… - مقام
الأخدود
The dug trench of the People of the Ditch named in the Qur'an; al-Umari places it at Najran in Yemen. - مقام
العسيفان
al-Usayfan between Kashmir, Multan and Kabul; its king, his son dead despite the idol's 'answer', broke… - مقام
بئر اليسيرة
A well of the Ansari Banu Umayya called al-'Usayra ('the hard'), which the Prophet renamed al-Yasira ('the… - مقام
الأشمونين
A small, prosperous town with gardens, palms, fields and well-known cloth. About half a day or a little more… - مقام
الواحات الداخلة
Oases with Berbers and settled Arabs who farm where water is plentiful. The author says the indigo grown… - مقام
الواحات الخارجة
Desert oases that were once farmed and fertile, but whose roads have fallen out of use. The author reports a… - مقام
الوتير
A watering place of Khuza'a in lower Mecca where Banu al-Dil of Banu Bakr made the night attack that broke… - مقام
اليهودية
a city of Isbahan; in al-Baladhuri treated by al-Ahnaf ibn Qays on Jayy's terms. - مقام
اليمامة
A region in central Arabia; Abu Qays ibn al-Harith al-Sahmi was killed there on the day of al-Yamama in Abu… - مقام
اليرموك
A place in al-Sham; Ibn Ishaq dates the deaths of Abdullah ibn Sufyan al-Makhzumi and Sa'id ibn al-Harith… - مقام
الزاب
In al-Baladhuri: a district over ten days' march from Qayrawan where Ibrahim ibn al-Aghlab and twelve men… - مقام
الزابوقة
A Basra site holding two of the seven daskaras where Utba ibn Ghazwan's men first lodged, later built in… - مقام
مدينة الزاهرة
The palace-city al-Mansur Ibn Abi Amir built for his seat, moving into it the treasuries and arms stores and… - مقام
الظُّرَيبة
A place in the direction of al-Ta'if; Sa'id ibn al-As Abu Uhayha died there over property of his, according… - مقام
آلا داغ
Ala Dagh, 'motley-coloured mountain', a Turkish name for many mountains in Turkish-speaking lands, among them… - مقام
ألبة والقلاع
Alaba wa l-Kila' ('Alava and the forts'), a geographical term used by Arab chroniclers of the 2nd and 3rd… - مقام
آلاجا حصار
Aladja Hisar, 'the motley-coloured fortress', the Turkish name of Krushevac on the south bank of the Western… - مقام
ألماس
A civilised city rich in fruit and provisions with wide buildings; the author gives half a day east of… - مقام
قلعة ألموت
The Batiniyya mountain-fortress near Qazwin, seat of Hasan-i Sabbah; in 511 the besieging armies struck camp… - مقام
اللانية
An ancient city from which the Alans take their name; the author gives twenty-four miles from Istabriyya. - مقام
الأرك
A small citadel in Castile, about seven miles south-west of Ciudad Real, on a mountain whose spurs descend to… - مقام
ألبانيا (أرناؤوطلق)
Albania, called Arnawutluk in Ottoman usage, is a country on the Adriatic in south-eastern Europe. Its… - مقام
ألبركان أطمة صقلية
The island al-Burkan, Sicily's fire-vent: headless flame-bodies rise by night and fall into the sea as the… - مقام
حلب
A city in northern Syria, among the oldest inhabited cities in the world, flourishing under the Hamdanid,… - مقام
الإسكندرية
Mediterranean port of Egypt, the seat of rule in Egypt before Fustat; al-Maqrizi reports it stayed a house of… - مقام
الجزائر
Algiers, which Ibn Battuta passed through on his way from the Maghrib to the East. According to Ibn Khaldun,… - مقام
الحامة
Alhama — the fortress whose stealthy capture by the Marquis of Cadiz in the truce's last days (887) opened… - مقام
عليب
A populated village, which al-Idrisi mentions together with Dawqa. - مقام
علي گڑه (ألِيغَرْ)
Aligarh, a town and district in Uttar Pradesh in northern India. Its modern importance rests on the… - مقام
ألمة
A large, civilised city with busy markets, sixty miles south of Bazla, and one of the cities of the region of… - مقام
ألماليغ
Almaligh was the capital of a Muslim kingdom in the upper Ili valley, founded in the 7th/13th century by Uzar… - مقام
المرية
Almeria — the harbour city of al-Andalus with its impregnable citadel of Khayran built by al-Nasir; its silk… - مقام
المنكب
Almunecar (al-Munkab) — the coastal fortress east of Malaga where the blinded ex-sultan Abu al-Hasan retired… - مقام
ألش (إلتشي)
Alsh, now Elche, is a small town in the Spanish Levant, about twelve miles south-west of Alicante. It is… - مقام
جبال الألطاي
The Altai is a mighty mountain system of eastern Central Asia, about a thousand miles long, stretching from… - مقام
ألتي شهر (المدن الست)
Alti Shahr, 'six towns', is a name for part of Chinese Turkistan (Sinkiang) comprising Kucha, Aksu, Ush… - مقام
علوة
A town in Nubia on the bank of the Nile, five days' journey below Dunqula. Its people live by farming,… - مقام
عمركوت
Amarkot, a town in the Tharparkar district of Sind in Pakistan, where Akbar was born on 5 Rajab 949/23… - مقام
أماسيا
Amasya, a town in northern Anatolia and capital of a wilayet, known in antiquity as Amaseia. It passed from… - مقام
أمبون
Ambon, an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, where nearly half the population (about 25,000) is Muslim,… - مقام
آمد
A fine, fertile city with a wall of black stone, running water inside its walls, mills and gardens; al-Idrisi… - مقام
عمان
A city in al-Balqa', two days from Jerusalem, near the Ghawr. - مقام
عمورية
The Phrygian capital stormed by al-Mu'tasim in 223 — delivered by its patrikios Lawi, sacked for four days… - مقام
عمورية
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أمرتسر
Capital of a district in the Punjab, India, founded by the fourth Sikh guru, Ram Das, on land granted by the… - مقام
نهر جيحون (آمو داريا)
The great river of Central Asia, known to the Arabs, in learned works, as Djayhun and to the Greeks as the… - مقام
آمل
Amul — Amuya — on the Jayhun; fought then truced by Abdallah ibn al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad in his brief succession… - مقام
آمل (مازندران)
A town in the south-west corner of the eastern Mazandaran plain, on the west bank of the Harhaz river about… - مقام
عمواس
A village in the land of Filastin giving its name to the plague of Amwas which struck in year 18, carrying… - مقام
جزيرة أمزنيوس
An island in the Dark Sea; the author reports a custom attributed to its people as information he was told,… - مقام
أنامور
A small town and harbour on the southern coast of Anatolia, capital of a kaza in the vilayet of Icel, on a… - مقام
أنابا
A former fortress on the Black Sea, on the Bugur river some 40 km south-west of the Kuban estuary, built by… - مقام
أنسان
Anasān at Basra, named for Anas ibn Malik's qati'a from Ziyad. - مقام
الأناضول
The mountainous peninsula projecting from Asia towards Europe, known in antiquity as Asia Minor and in Arab… - مقام
أنكونة
A large city of a district on the Azmum river, nine miles from the sea, with a market and ships. - مقام
أندرابة
A town on two rivers, one called Andarab, with gardens, walks, many trees and vineyards; seven stages from… - مقام
أنديجان
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أندخوي
A town of about 25,000 in north-western Afghanistan, near Mazar-i Sharif, on the steppe north of the Oxus,… - مقام
مرسى أنفا
A harbour on the Maghreb coast about forty miles from Fudala, which ships wheat, barley and sheep, and where… - مقام
أنجيرش
A large city with many people and a wide district, with vineyards and fields; seventy miles from Shant Majal… - مقام
أنهلواره (باتن)
A city of Gujarat on the Saraswati, capital of the Muslim province of Gujarat from 699/1299 to 816/1413, when… - مقام
انهو
A populous city in the land of Astlanda; the author gives two hundred miles from Raghūlda. - مقام
الانجية
An island among the Ramij islands, with a town of mixed population that includes Muslims at the time,… - مقام
عنابة
A city on the Algerian coast; it is the site of Bona in Ibn Battuta's Rihla. - مقام
أنصنا
An old city on the east bank of the Nile with gardens and abundant fruit. The author says it is known as the… - مقام
أنطاكية
Antioch, the Syrian frontier city on the Amanus approach; its people compounded with Abu Ubayda for jizya and… - مقام
أنطالية
New Antalya, a sparsely settled town that was once a populous city; two days from the old one. - مقام
أنطرطوس
A coastal town with a strong wall; it is the port of Homs, and near it lies a large island with a populated… - مقام
انتقيرة
A town near Archidona, thirty-five miles from Malaga; the author says the rebels of al-Andalus emptied it… - مقام
أنطاكية
Ancient city on the Orontes; taken by the Crusaders in 1098 and recovered by Baybars in 1268. - مقام
انزلان
A populated harbour with buildings, the first land of the Ghumara; near it lies the fort of Tiqsas on the sea. - مقام
اقليبه
A populous city in the inner land of the Qumans, eight days from Ṭarawiyā, which the author calls the last… - مقام
أقرة
A city on one of two rivers rising in the land of Bawāmiya; the author gives forty miles from Baṭash. - مقام
أقرنوس
A notable city on a high mountain ridge; the author gives six stages from Istūbūnī. - مقام
أقولية
A city of the land of Isqalūniya; the author gives seventy miles from Siqlāwsh. - مقام
عرفات
A broad plain outside Mecca where pilgrims stand on the Day of Arafat. It is so called because Gabriel asked… - مقام
أراكان
The most westerly division of Lower Burma, between the Arakan Yoma range and the Bay of Bengal. It was an… - مقام
بحر آرال
A large, slightly salty lake in western Turkestan, with an area of 66,458 sq km in 1942, of which 2,345 sq km… - مقام
أربونة
The name by which Arab historians designated the town of Narbonne. Early Muslim expeditions reached it; 'Abd… - مقام
الأربس
A city on level ground with running springs that never dry, including Ayn Rabah; its saffron rivals the… - مقام
جبل الرماة
A hill southeast of the Muslim camp at Uhud, where the Prophet stationed fifty archers to prevent the Meccan… - مقام
ارشذونة
A town between Malaga and Cordoba, thirty-five miles from Malaga; the author says it and Antequera were… - مقام
أرض الأصبهانيين
The Asbahanis' land at Basra, bought from Arabs — the Asbahanis were converts who had migrated to Basra, said… - مقام
أردبيل
Ardabil, among Adharbayjan's holdings in al-Baladhuri; to it the Khazars withdrew after the Warthan-desert… - مقام
أردهان
A town in eastern Turkey on the Kuručay, which becomes the Kura, at about 1,800 m. It was once the capital of… - مقام
أرجيش
A small ancient town on the north-eastern shore of Lake Van, attested from the Urartian period and in… - مقام
أرينية
A small town; the author gives eighty miles east of Aqra. - مقام
أرجان
A city in the lands of Fars; two stages from Arjan to Asak, one more to al-Dawraq and then to Basyan. - مقام
أرجيش
of the northern Armenian cities on Lake Van; Habib ibn Maslama's collectors levied the head-jizya of its… - مقام
أرمائيل
Arma'il of Makran; taken by Muhammad ibn al-Qasim after Qanirbur — Muhammad ibn Harun dying nearby, buried at… - مقام
أرمنت
A town on the east bank of the Nile, a day's sail from Isna. It has palms and trees bearing several kinds of… - مقام
أرمينية
Armenia in al-Baladhuri on two schemata: Shimshat, Qaliqala, Khilat, Arjish and Bajunays as the fourth… - مقام
أرموقسترو
A city with tall buildings and wide channels, overlooking the sea; the author gives two days south of Dasīna. - مقام
عرقة
A pleasant village on the road to Sa'da, in al-Idrisi's description. - مقام
أرجان
Arrajan, the Fars city adjoining Tawwaj — raided from Tawwaj by Uthman, then taken by him and Abu Musa on… - مقام
أرّان
Arran, of the first Armenia's lands and then in Khazar hands; Qubadh ibn Fayruz's general trod it with twelve… - مقام
أرثا
A fine city on a strong mountain; the author, citing al-Ḥawqalī, says strangers entering it were killed. - مقام
ارصاه
A populous city with many houses, abundant water and rivers, vineyards and farms, at the foot of the great… - مقام
أرسيانيكث
A town with well-built structures, busy markets and orchards and fruit, on level ground, twenty-nine miles… - مقام
ارشذونة
A town between Malaga and Cordoba; it and Antaqira were two cities emptied by the troubles of the civil wars. - مقام
أرشگول
A town no longer in existence on the Algerian coast, between Oran and the Moroccan frontier at the Tafna,… - مقام
أرسوف
A small fishing port on the Palestinian coast, about ten miles north of Jaffa; its Arabic name probably… - مقام
أرواد
In al-Baladhuri: an island near Constantinople opened by Janada ibn Abi Umayya in year 54, settled with… - مقام
أرز الروم
Arzan al-Rum (Erzurum), the Muslim Armenian city on the Byzantine marches; in 605 the Georgians besieged,… - مقام
أسدآباد
A town in al-Jibal, about seven farsakhs or 54 km south-west of Hamadhan, on the western slope of the Alwand… - مقام
آسك (خوزستان)
A large, populated village where mats are made and sold in Iraq, on the road between Arjan and al-Dawraq. - مقام
أساول
A town near Jinawal, alike to its neighbours in its people, dress and trade. - مقام
إسبرة
A town of hills and plains, among the most pleasant lands of Farghana, as large as Akhsikath, with a great… - مقام
عسفان
A settlement two stages from Mecca on the Medina road; there Abu Sufyan met Budayl ibn Warqa' coming back… - مقام
آسفي
A town and island on the Atlantic coast of the far Maghreb. Al-Idrisi relates its name through the story of… - مقام
اشبورقان
A town in al-Jawzjan, fifty-four miles from Talaqan, with fields, orchards and little running water. - مقام
أشير
A city known as Ashir of Ziri, with a sandy plain and spring water, near Sutayt. - مقام
أشكالة
A small, civilised town in the land of the Alans, close to the sea; the author gives its distance from… - مقام
أشكشية
A fine city in the land of the Alans and one of its ports; the author gives one hundred and fifty miles from… - مقام
أشترقة
A populous town with many vineyards and springs, on the road to Leon, one stage away. - مقام
جزيرة عاشورا
A sparsely settled island with rough land full of thickets and trees, four days from Shamil and a light day's… - مقام
أزيلا
A small town with a wall, not strong; its people drink from wells. One light stage from Tangier. - مقام
عسير
A region of western Arabia named after a confederation of tribes in al-Sarat. Its highlands run from al-Nimas… - مقام
آسيركره
A fortress in the Nimar district of Madhya Pradesh, about 2,200 feet above sea level, commanding the only… - مقام
عسقلان
Ascalon on the Filastin coast; taken under Umar — some say by Amr ibn al-As — by treaty after stratagem, and… - مقام
أسكنجة
A large city bordering the edge of the Mount Mont Jūn range, on the eastern bank of a river, with many… - مقام
عسكر مكرم
Askar Mukram in al-Ahwaz, named for Mukram ibn Mutarrif who camped there hunting his father's killer on… - مقام
عصب
Town and port at the north-western end of the Bay of Assab on the coast of Eritrea, in arid country inhabited… - مقام
آسام
The easternmost province of India and Burma, comprising the Brahmaputra valley and the hills around it.… - مقام
أستراباذ
A town in northern Iran about 23 miles east of the south-eastern corner of the Caspian Sea, now called… - مقام
أستراخان
A city and district on the left bank of the Volga, some sixty miles from its mouth in the Caspian Sea. Ibn… - مقام
أستريك
A fine city with visible buildings on the western bank of the Rhine, with vineyards, trees and livestock,… - مقام
أستركونة
The capital of the land of Bawāmiya, the largest and most populous of its cities, which the author calls the… - مقام
أسطور
A populous town of Turks with wide plains, wheat and rice, iron mines, on the Ghamash river; its people are… - مقام
أسوان
A small, prosperous town with plenty of wheat, vegetables and meat. It is the furthest point up the Nile that… - مقام
أسيوط
A city in Upper Egypt on the west bank of the Nile, about three miles from it, with palm groves around it and… - مقام
أتار
A town in Mauritania, chief place of the Adrar circle, at about 230 m above sea level and about 420 km east… - مقام
نهر عطبرة
A tributary of the Nile, known to the ancients as Astaboras. It rises in Abyssinia not far from Gondar,… - مقام
اطباش
A town on a strong mountain, ten stages from Tibet, with crafts and markets; the road to Barsakhan leaves… - مقام
أتك
A district of Soviet Turkmenistan on the northern slope of the frontier mountains with Khurasan (the Kopet… - مقام
اثافت
A city with many vineyards and villages; its people draw water from a large reservoir fed by springs. - مقام
أثينا
Capital of Greece. Muslims first came into contact with the town in 283 AH (896), when Saracen pirates… - مقام
أتروبي
A city forty miles east of Nīsū, with a river from the Serbian mountains passing near it. - مقام
إتل
The city of the Khazars and their capital; two cities on the two banks of the river, the king living on the… - مقام
آتشيه
The northernmost part of the island of Sumatra, once the seat of a powerful Muslim empire and now a province… - مقام
جبال الأطلس
The mountains of North Africa, in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, which give variety to the monotonous Sahara… - مقام
أطرابلس
Tripoli, the Maghreb's sea-city nine days from Ifriqiya; Amr ibn al-As camped before it in year 22, it was… - مقام
أطراسا
A city on the Ganges, one of the frontier towns of the Qanauj kingdom, five stages from Niyast. - مقام
نهر أترك
A river in the north of Khurasan, rising on the Hazar Masjid mountain of the Gulistan ridge of the Kopet… - مقام
جزيرة أوبكين
An island reached by sea from Kanbaya, among the sea islands named in the Sind lands. - مقام
أودغست
A small city in a dry desert, set between two hills, which the author compares in shape to Mecca. Its trade… - مقام
أوجلة
A town ten days west of Sanitriyya, which the author says is reached by the road from Sanitriyya. - مقام
العوالق
A tribal confederation and territory of south Arabia, the easternmost district of the Western Aden… - مقام
أوليل
An island port off the coast with the best-known salt works in the Sudan lands. Ships load salt there and… - مقام
أوليا أتا (جامبول)
A city of the Kazakh SSR on the left bank of the Talas, called Awliya Ata, 'holy father', after the grave of… - مقام
عونسترة
An inland town in the middle of the island, eighty miles from Hintūna. - مقام
أورنغ آباد
A town and district of the state of Bombay, with 1,179,404 inhabitants in 1951. Previously called Khirki, it… - مقام
أورنغ آباد السيد
A small town in the Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh, founded in 1704 by Sayyid Abd al-'Aziz, a… - مقام
أوطاس
A valley in the territory of Hawazin where Malik ibn Awf mustered the tribal confederation before Hunayn, and… - مقام
أيذج
Ayadhaj of al-Ahwaz; Abdallah ibn Amir took it after heavy fighting, Kurds gathering to its defenders. - مقام
أياس
A town on the Cilician coast at the Gulf of Iskenderun, an important harbour for trade between West and East… - مقام
آيا سولوك
A small town on the western coast of Anatolia, on the site of ancient Ephesus, known in the Middle Ages as… - مقام
عيذاب
In al-Baladhuri: a coast in the Buja lands where the provision ships al-Qummi had carried from the Qulzum… - مقام
آيدين
A town in western Anatolia, formerly Tralleis, seat of the Aydın-oghlu emirate and later of an Ottoman sanjak… - مقام
أيلة
A town whose master Ibn Ishaq names as Yuhanna ibn Ru'ba, who made peace with the Prophet at Tabuk and paid… - مقام
أيلوغيس
A city on a mountain, twelve miles from the Pontic gulf. - مقام
أيمن
A city on the sea; the author gives twenty-five miles from Akhīlū. - مقام
عين الجر
An ancient site in the Biqa' with the remains of an Umayyad town founded by al-Walid b. 'Abd al-Malik about… - مقام
عين المشاش
The spring Zubayda dug in the Hijaz and channelled over twelve miles of hill and wadi into Mecca at a… - مقام
عين القشيرة
The spring by Tarsus where al-Ma'mun died — glossed by the captives as 'stretch your legs' and 'al-Raqqa' in… - مقام
عين الصيد
A Taff spring; in al-Baladhuri named Ayn al-Sayd because fish gathered in it — once plugged, a Muslim's horse… - مقام
عين التمر
A place where Umayr ibn Ri'ab al-Sahmi was killed with Khalid ibn al-Walid on his way back from al-Yamama in… - مقام
عين شمس
Ayn Shams, among Egypt's towns; Amr ibn al-As sent Abdallah ibn Hudhafa al-Sahmi to it after al-Fustat's fall… - مقام
عين زربة
Ayn Zarba (Anazarbus) among the Syrian march-cities; al-Rashid ordered its building and fortification in year… - مقام
آيناباختي
A town on the Gulf of Corinth in Greece, the ancient Naupaktos and Lepanto. It came under Venetian rule in… - مقام
أيوالق
A town on the Aegean coast of western Anatolia, mostly Greek until the exchange of populations in 1923. - مقام
ازاق
A city on the Sea of Azov, an emporium of East-West trade in the fourteenth century; taken by the Ottomans in… - مقام
اعظم گڑھ
A town in Uttar Pradesh, India, founded in 1076 AH (1665) by A'zam Khan I; it suffered repeated floods and is… - مقام
أذربيجان
The province of Azerbaijan, whose seat Ardabil held its marzban and kharaj office; Hudhayfa ibn al-Yaman… - مقام
أزم
A civilised town on the river with a moving market for trade with those coming from Fars, one stage from… - مقام
أزقي
A place in the land of the Lamtuna. The author gives twelve stages of desert travel between it and… - مقام
آزكي
A civilised, not large town in the Masufa lands, thirteen stages from Sijilmasa. - مقام
بعلبك
City in Damascus's Sanir district holding the temple of Baal — the Baal of the Qur'anic verse — its two… - مقام
باب و الابواب (دربند)
Bab wa-l-Abwab (Derbent), the city Anushirwan Kisra ibn Qubadh built, named 'gates' for the narrows on which… - مقام
باب الفيل
A gate of Kufa's mosque; in al-Baladhuri the Muslims took an elephant at al-Mada'in's conquest, wrote Umar… - مقام
باب الحديد
A fortress and iron gate cut into a mountain by a valley; the author, citing the interpreter Sallām,… - مقام
باب اللان (دریال)
Bab al-Lan, a pass of the upper Caucasus adjoining Shirwan's land, near the wall of al-Lubn that Qubadh… - مقام
باب المندب
The straits between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, divided by the volcanic island of Mayyun (Perim) into a… - مقام
باب إدريس
A town set among mountains and ravines with a hard entrance; fertile, rich in water and fruit, about eighteen… - مقام
بابا داغ
A town in the Dobruja named after the dervish Sari Saltik, taken for the Ottomans by Bayezid I and now in… - مقام
بابا اسکی
A town in eastern Thrace 50 km south-east of Edirne, called Bulgarophygon in the Byzantine period, with a… - مقام
بابل
A small village that was once a great city; al-Idrisi says it was an old great capital, and that it is now a… - مقام
بابليون مصر
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بذخشان
A mountain land with many animals and herds, from which precious stones are taken; musk is carried out of it,… - مقام
بادغيس
Badghis, the hill-country of Khurasan; covered by Herat's great sulh with Ibn Amir and Bushanj under the writ… - مقام
البذندون
A Byzantine frontier spot with a cold clear spring; al-Ma'mun camped there, admired a silvery fish in the… - مقام
حصن بادس
A fortress at the foot of the Aurès range, inhabited, whose lands are held by Arabs who guard it through one… - مقام
بادس (المغرب)
A civilised town with markets and a few crafts, its people Ghumara, about half a day from Karkal. - مقام
بدر
Settlement in the Hejaz, southwest of Medina, near the wells where the Battle of Badr was fought in 624 CE. - مقام
بادوريا
Town of the Baghdad Sawad; in al-Baladhuri a poet lists it with al-Anbar, Qatarrabul and Maskin in Baghdad's… - مقام
بياسة
A city on a hill overlooking the great river that flows down to Cordoba, twenty miles from Jaen. - مقام
باغة
A town of great beauty for its abundant water, which runs through its gardens; it has vineyards and trees… - مقام
باغاي
A city near the Aurès range, three stages from Constantine, linked to the Aurès range, whose people are… - مقام
بغداد
Capital of the Abbasid caliphate, founded by al-Mansur in 762 CE and a great centre of learning. - مقام
بغلان
A civilised town with rivers, trees, buildings and many villages; two stages from Andarab and six from Balkh. - مقام
بحيرة البختكان
One of the largest lakes of Fars, about sixty miles long with salt water; the river Kur falls into it, and… - مقام
بحيرة بنزرت
A lake sixteen miles long; al-Idrisi says each month brings a kind of fish found in no other month, twelve… - مقام
بحيرة الباسفرية
A lake with a monastery of the Basafriyya on it, salt water and abundant fish; reeds and esparto grass around… - مقام
بحيرة بدشت أرزن
A lake about thirty miles long with fresh water, most of which dries up in summer; boats fish on it. - مقام
بحيرة الجنكان
A salt lake about six miles long, with fisheries and livelihoods, settled around it, about six miles from… - مقام
بحيرة تينجة
A lake about four miles long with sweet water, connected to the Lake of Banzart; al-Idrisi says the water of… - مقام
بحيرة زغر
The dead lake, which al-Idrisi describes as having no living thing in it; it is where two towns of Lot's… - مقام
بحر الظلمات (البحر المحيط بغربي الأندلس)
The Atlantic west of al-Andalus and the lands of Britain. The author reports that its tides follow set hours… - مقام
البحرين
The pre-modern name for the eastern Arabian coastal region where Kinda first settled and where Abd al-Qays,… - مقام
البحرين (واحة)
The second inhabited settlement with al-Jafar in the oases. A fortified-looking village ringed by palms, two… - مقام
بهورسير
the city on the Kufa side of al-Mada'in; in al-Baladhuri the Muslims camped against it nine or eighteen… - مقام
باجة
A city where the palace of the Baghbugh king stands, with his household; four stages from Isnakhwa on the… - مقام
باجة (المغرب)
A town rich in fig trees whose dried figs are carried to many lands, one stage from Suq Ibrahim. - مقام
باجروان
A district of Azerbaijan; its men stood among the fighters the marzban of Ardabil mustered against Hudhayfa. - مقام
بجانة
Once a famous town before Almeria; it was ruined and only traces remain. Gardens, orchards and vineyards… - مقام
بختة
An inhabited village in Beja land with a market. It gives its name to the Bactrian camels, prized as the most… - مقام
باخوان
A town on the bank of the Jaz river, from which most iron goods go out to the Turkish lands; it has fields… - مقام
بلد
A town on the western bank of the Tigris above Mosul, rich in produce, with a running stream besides the… - مقام
بلاح
A fine city in the land of Qarnaṭāra on the river Darūa, rich in water and rivers. - مقام
بلنجر
A Khazar city beyond Derbent — where Abd al-Rahman ibn Rabi'a fell in AH 32 and where his body was kept in a… - مقام
بلاق
A town in Nubia between two arms of the Nile, where merchants from Nubia, Abyssinia and Egypt meet during… - مقام
البلاسجان
An Azerbaijani mountain holding the Balasajan Kurds; Hudhayfa's treaty bound the marzban not to expose the… - مقام
بلاط الشهداء
The 'Martyrs' Causeway' in Francia — Poitiers — where al-Ghafiqi's army was destroyed in Ramadan 114; the… - مقام
بلغردون
A large, populous city with notable churches; the author gives seventy miles from Qāwun. - مقام
بالس
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بلخ
Balkh, the city of the Tukhara; al-Ahnaf's march won its sulh at four or — the sounder report — seven hundred… - مقام
باميان
Bamiyan — its great idol house and the images sent to Baghdad after the conquest - مقام
بم
Bamm of Kirman; its folk truced al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad, broke and apostatized, and Mujashi' ibn Mas'ud retook it. - مقام
جبل بنبوان
A mountain east of Nughayra, tilting south. The author calls it one of the highest mountains on earth, bare… - مقام
بندسة
A medium-sized populated town with a wall and a market, thirty miles from Faskiyu. - مقام
بني زندوي
A fortress on a plain with a Friday market visited by the people of the surrounding district. - مقام
بانقيا
In al-Baladhuri: a Sawad town Jarir ibn Abdallah al-Bajali pacified on a thousand dirhams and a taylasan;… - مقام
بانية
A small town of abundant goods and low prices, whose people live in comfort and plenty. - مقام
بنجار (الكيماك)
A large town with soldiers, arms and wealth, where tigers and other animals are found; its people carry furs… - مقام
بنة
Banna between Multan and Kabul by the marshes; reached by al-Muhallab in 44h — the Azd's night-stand praised… - مقام
بنصة
A large, populous, fertile and fortified city with abundant crops; the author says its people are known for… - مقام
بنزرت
A fortified coastal city between two lakes, a long day's journey by land from Tunis. - مقام
بقيع الغرقد
Medina's great cemetery east of the Prophet's Mosque; As'ad ibn Zurara was the first Muslim buried there on… - مقام
بقصين
A famous city mentioned in many ancient capitals, with farms, craftsmen and scholars, on the Danube to the… - مقام
باقطى
A small town like a village gathered around a market, without walls, on a sand hill. Its people travel little… - مقام
بارة
In al-Baladhuri: a sea-shore city in the Great Land of the Maghreb, about fifteen days from Barqa; its people… - مقام
بربشتر
Barbastro, chief town of the Burṭāniya country near Zaragoza; stormed by the Nordmanni host in 456 after… - مقام
برشلونة
A city on the eastern coast of al-Andalus facing the island of Minorca; al-Idrisi gives about a hundred miles… - مقام
برذعة
Bardha'a (Partaw) in Arran, 'the frontier's city entire'; Qubadh ibn Fayruz built it when he followed his… - مقام
بردسير
A town with a wall, ditch and gates, with many markets, two stages from Sirjan. - مقام
برفنتو
A city at the foot of a gentle hill; the author gives thirty miles west of Batrānī, with a river flowing… - مقام
باري
A large, populous city of the Lombard lands with ship-building on the coast, about twelve miles from Brindisi. - مقام
بريسى
A small town on the Nile without walls, more like a settled village, whose people are travelling merchants… - مقام
برخة
A town of middling size on the Sofala coast, with a mix of Indian and other residents. The ruler of the… - مقام
برنة
A populous city on the sea, with many houses, vineyards and fields; the author gives eighty miles west to the… - مقام
برنس
A city close to the sea; the author gives fifty miles from Ayman. - مقام
برقة
Barqa (Cyrenaica), the nearer Maghreb between Egypt and Ifriqiya, its city Antabulus; Amr ibn al-As… - مقام
برقانة
A fortified stronghold with much water, gardens and vineyards, one stage from Jarawa. - مقام
برسخان العليا
A fortified Turkish town where most of the nearby Turks take refuge in need, five stages from Nawakit. - مقام
برسكلافة
A city in open country on a river that can be easily forded; the author gives four days from Dirīstara. - مقام
بروص
Barus of the Sind-Indian lands; sent to by al-Hakam ibn Abi al-As under his brother Uthman's governorship. - مقام
بروة
A town on the coast of the Indian Ocean, the last land of black peoples the author describes as having no… - مقام
كورة برزة
An Azerbaijani district of the Awad tribe whose chief town one of them peopled and fortified; a minbar was… - مقام
برزان
Barzan in Sijistan; there Rutbil's embassy sought Ubaydallah ibn Abi Bakra's peace for his land and Kabul's —… - مقام
باشان (خراسان)
A populous town of fine buildings, with inns, baths, a congregational mosque and a pulpit. - مقام
بشهيار
A city with an official appointed by the Baghbugh, retainers and servants, which fights the Turks guarding… - مقام
جزيرة باشو
A blessed island with good soil, orchards, olives and well water; only traces of its town remain. - مقام
بسترنس
A fine city with abundant water and a reasonable size; the author gives half a day east of Karnabī. - مقام
باسليكو
A city on the sea coast; the author gives twenty-five miles from Aghāthūbulis. - مقام
بسمد
A town in Sind, three stages from al-Rur. - مقام
بصنا
A small town where curtains bearing its name are made; al-Idrisi describes it as pleasant with many gardens. - مقام
البصرة
Port city in southern Iraq founded as a Muslim garrison town around 636 CE, a centre of grammar, theology and… - مقام
باصو
A city in the land of Bawāmiya; the author gives eighty miles south of Aqra. - مقام
بسطة
A populous, inhabited city with strong walls, a clean market, trade and crafts of many kinds; thirty miles… - مقام
بسطام
A fine town with a wall, standing markets and tax-collection, one stage from Gurgan on the road to Damghan. - مقام
باسيان
A medium-sized, populated town crossed by a river, two stages from Askar Mukram. - مقام
البطائح
A vast marshland in lower Iraq; in al-Baladhuri it formed after the Hijra when great breaches burst that… - مقام
بثيرة
A strong fortress of modest size overlooking the sea; a valley of great size circles it, in al-Idrisi's… - مقام
بتهنة
A town on the coast of the Sofala lands, joined to the Zanj lands. About eight stages from al-Banas, with a… - مقام
بثرون
A town in western Oman with villages and buildings, whose people take shelter in the mountains. - مقام
بطليوس
A great city on a plain with a suburb larger than the town, on the Yana river, which al-Idrisi says sinks… - مقام
بطن مر
A place on the road from Mecca, about sixteen miles out, with a spring in a sandy watercourse and a few palms… - مقام
بطن نعمان
A named halt on the road from Mecca to al-Ta'if, reached after a short further stage. - مقام
جبل باترة
A mountain range across Khazar land running north to south, with silver and good lead deposits from which… - مقام
بترني
A civilised city of middling size; the author gives thirty miles west by land from Burnus. - مقام
بتصوة
A large, populous city with wide quarters, markets, crafts, running water and steady harvests; the author… - مقام
جزيرة بوصا
One of two islands under the king Qamrun. Its people are fair-skinned and its women handsome. The author says… - مقام
بوازيج الأنبار
In al-Baladhuri: villages opened by Jarir ibn Abdallah al-Bajali, home to people of Banu Taghlib and of… - مقام
بياض
Bayad, a village of the Fayyum; water reaches it from the great canal and fills its ponds, which have… - مقام
بيان
A town on the eastern bank of the Tigris with a pulpit; al-Idrisi says its people are keen to rise above… - مقام
بياس
A town resembling the Ghawr, with many fine fruits, one light stage from Massisa. - مقام
البيضاء (فارس)
A large town with a wide district, named for the whiteness of its palaces; its people are well off and dress… - مقام
بيدني
A city which the author places northwest of Lafīsa on the Danube. - مقام
بيهق
Bayhaq, a rustaq of Naysabur; the ascetic al-Aswad ibn Kulthum breached its walls and fell with his band… - مقام
بيكند
Baykand beyond the river, two farsakhs from its dependency Ramadin; Ubaydallah ibn Ziyad's twenty-four… - مقام
البيلقان
in Arran, built by Qubadh ibn Fayruz; Salman ibn Rabi'a al-Bahili took it by treaty securing blood, wealth… - مقام
بيروت
A city on the salt sea, with a mountain nearby holding good iron ore carried to Syria, and a grove of trees… - مقام
بيسان
Jordan-valley town of Palestine at the foot of Mount Gilboa, west of the river; near it the battle of Ayn… - مقام
بيت لحم
A place with a finely built church, which al-Idrisi says marks where Jesus was born; Rachel's tomb lies on… - مقام
بيت النار بجور
Ardashir ibn Babak's fire-temple at Jur of Fars — seen by al-Mas'udi himself — set on a fine spring an hour… - مقام
بيت النار بالأسطانية
A fire-temple near Baghdad built by Queen Buran daughter of Khusraw Parviz at Ustaniya. - مقام
بياسة
A town set on a raised mound visible from far off, on a river, twenty miles from Jayyan. - مقام
بسطة
Baza, the stout city of eastern al-Andalus known for its prized rugs; it endured the Castilian siege of 894… - مقام
البوازج
A town on the Lesser Zab, twelve miles from al-Sinn, in the Jazira and the lands of Mudar. - مقام
بزلة
A city in the land of the Burgundians of the Germans, on the western bank of the Rhine; the author gives… - مقام
بجاية
A city on the Algerian coast, visited by Ibn Battuta on his journey. - مقام
بلفير
A civilised city on the salt sea, well-provisioned, with fisheries for tuna and many livelihoods; its boats… - مقام
بلغرابة
A city in the land of Qarnaṭāra; the author places it thirty miles south of Astrikūna. - مقام
بلغراد
Fortress city on the Sava–Danube confluence; besieged by Mehmed II in 1456 and held. - مقام
برجة
One of the towns with pulpits around Almeria, with markets, crafts, tilled land and farms; two days' journey… - مقام
بذوارة
A city sixty miles from Būzāna, with the river Darūa joining the Danube between them. - مقام
بيكند
A town one stage from Firab, with a strong wall and a congregational mosque, on the road to Bukhara. - مقام
بلاد البجة
In al-Baladhuri: lands a month's barren march of rugged mountains from the lands of Islam, holding the gold… - مقام
بلاد بني سعد
The settlements of Banu Sa'd ibn Bakr of Hawazin where the Prophet was nursed by Halima al-Sa'diyya; in her… - مقام
بلجة
A strong, lofty and guarded stronghold near the river al-Qarib, fifteen miles from Qasr Ibn Mankud. - مقام
بلالاباذ
A Basra site holding Muslim ibn Abi Bakra's bathhouse — the town's third — which passed to Amr ibn Muslim… - مقام
بلبيس
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بلزمة
A fortified town near Constantine with a suburb, a market and wells, set in a broad plain, built of large… - مقام
بيمنذ
Bimand of Kirman; Mujashi's army first perished there, then he took it by force, spared its folk on aman —… - مقام
بئر الروحاء
A well on the road from Medina to Mecca, from which the Prophet turned back Abu Lubaba. - مقام
بئر أنا
A well among the wells of the Banu Qurayza, in the area of their properties in Medina. The Prophet halted by… - مقام
بئر غرس
A Medina well whose water the Prophet favoured; Rabah his mawla drew from it, and the Prophet said 'the well… - مقام
بئر مالك بن النضر
The Medina well known as Bir Anas; Abu Ayyub drew the Prophet's drinking water from it while he lodged with… - مقام
بئر رومة
The well of Ruma in al-Aqiq — revived by Muzayna allies of the Ansar and named for a woman who drew from it;… - مقام
البيرون
al-Birun of Sind; its people's preemptive sulh to al-Hajjaj held — they brought fodder and admitted Muhammad… - مقام
بيش
A famous city of the Roman lands with many markets and houses, which has boats, horses and readiness, on a… - مقام
بيشة
A small, well-built town with good houses and a pleasant site, which al-Idrisi describes as having gardens… - مقام
بيزوي
A large, populous city whose people are craftsmen, with farms and connected districts; the author gives fifty… - مقام
البحر البنطسي
A large gulf-like sea joined to the Dark Sea, bordered by the lands of Heraclius, the Bentim, the Khazars,… - مقام
بحر نيطس (البحر الأسود)
A gulf branching from the Syrian sea at the mouth of Abdhah, narrow enough to cross with an arrow's flight… - مقام
برهمباذ
Brahmanabadh al-Atiqa, two farsakhs from al-Mansura's later site; Dahir's remnant made its stand — stormed… - مقام
برامجرد
Bramjard near Istakhr; there the townsmen met and killed Ibn Amir's vanguard Ubaydallah ibn Ma'tar — buried… - مقام
ابرندس
A great city on the sea on several sides, handsome in its build and spacious in its open ground, with… - مقام
إبرجس
A medium-sized, civilised city with many amenities and low prices, fifteen miles west of Ghent, and thirty… - مقام
بحيرة بروان
A great lake in Tibet about forty farsakhs long, with forts and fortresses on it; the people of Buruan and… - مقام
بحيرة كبوذان
A lake about four stages long from north to south and a few miles wide, with great waves in winter; al-Idrisi… - مقام
بحيرة خوارزم
A lake ringed by desert; al-Idrisi says its circuit is about three hundred miles, several rivers flow into… - مقام
بحيرة طبرية
A lake fed by the rivers of Bisan, the Yarmuk and al-Hadd, whose water flows on to the lake of Zughar;… - مقام
بحيرة تنيس
A lake fed by the Nile, sweet in summer when the flood spreads and salt in winter when sea water prevails; it… - مقام
بحيرة زرة
A lake whose water spreads and shrinks with the seasons, with villages and farms along it, about nine miles… - مقام
بحران
A place in the Hijaz, in the area of al-Fara', which the text describes as a mine. The Prophet set out for it… - مقام
بخارى
Silk Road city in present-day Uzbekistan, a centre of learning under the Samanids and the home of Ibn Sina's… - مقام
بلغار
The name of a city with Christians and Muslims and a congregational mosque; the author places it near Sawār. - مقام
بلغراتة
A fine, important, populous city with markets, crafts and trade, rich in grain; the author gives seventy… - مقام
بونة
A city at the bottom of a bay, reached along the coast after Ras al-Hamra; al-Idrisi says it will be… - مقام
بنبلونة
A strong city with markets, merchants, arms and wealth, on the frontier of the Franks; it has a suburb and a… - مقام
بنجهير
A town on a rugged mountain, one day from Jarbaniya, whose people work the mines and smelt the ores;… - مقام
بونجكت
The largest city of Ushrusana, a great city with a wall and suburb, a congregational mosque and citadel, a… - مقام
بنوي
A populous small city on a mountain ridge; the author gives ninety miles from Atrūbī, east then north. - مقام
البوقان
al-Buqan near the Indian frontier; raided by al-Mundhir ibn al-Jarud and Ibn Harri — its folk Muslims today —… - مقام
بورا
A city of many people and much trade, with wheat, rice and fruit trees, two days from Tukha. - مقام
برغش
A walled city with its districts under it; water is plentiful and the farms continuous; a hundred miles from… - مقام
برغونية الإفرنجيين
A land of many villages and farms, whose people are warriors and men of spirit and whose rulers are the… - مقام
بروج
A large, handsome city of fired brick and lime, visited by Chinese merchants and a port for ships from Sind,… - مقام
بُرس
Place on the al-Mada'in road; in al-Baladhuri the limit of Khalid ibn Urfuta's pursuit of fleeing Persians,… - مقام
بورصة
Anatolian city taken by the Ottomans in 1326 CE and their first major capital. - مقام
برشك
A small town on a hill with a wall, drinking from sweet springs, on the coast between Tenes and Miliana. - مقام
بروجرد
A city larger than Ramin and better off, densely built, from which goods are carried to Karaj and beyond;… - مقام
بوشنج
Bushanj of Khurasan; joined to Herat's great sulh with Badghis, save Taghun and Baghun taken by force. - مقام
بصرى
The city of Hawran; the first of Syria's towns taken by treaty — its people compounding for safety of lives,… - مقام
بست
Bust of Sijistan; taken by Abd al-Rahman ibn Samura by compact with Zabil. - مقام
بطش
A small town with many districts, on one of the two rivers that also pass Aqra. - مقام
بثق شيرين
Butq Shirin at Basra, named for Shirin, wife of Kisra ibn Hurmuz. - مقام
بواط
A mountain in Juhayna's country, on the side of the Syria road, about four barids from Medina. The Prophet… - مقام
بويرة
The name al-Mas'udi gives for the Frankish royal seat in his day — a great city among some 150 towns of the… - مقام
بوصير
A small town north of the Nile. The author reports that many of Pharaoh's magicians were said to come from… - مقام
بزاعة
A town in northern Syria, mentioned by Ibn Jubayr on his road between Aleppo and Hama. The place of this name… - مقام
بوزانة
A medium-sized, populous city on the Danube river; the author gives its distance from Balghrāta. - مقام
القاهرة
Capital of Egypt; al-Qahira was founded by the Fatimids in 969 CE beside Fustat and became home to al-Azhar. - مقام
قرطاجنة
A coastal city in eastern Spain, mentioned by Ibn Jubayr on his road to Granada. - مقام
بحر جرجان والديلم (بحر قزوين)
An enclosed sea not joined to the others, fed by many rivers and springs. The Ghuzz lie to the east, the… - مقام
تشفالو
A town on the north coast of Sicily, mentioned by Ibn Jubayr on his road from Messina. - مقام
سبتة
A city on the Strait of Gibraltar, from which Ibn Jubayr took ship on his journey to the Hijaz. - مقام
تشاندني تشوك
Old Delhi's market designed by Shah Jahan and Jahan Ara (1650) — the Mughal trading centre beside the Jama… - مقام
البحر الصيني
The author reports that the Chinese sea, together with the seas of Sanf, Darlarawi, Harkand and Oman, has… - مقام
قسنطينة
A city in eastern Algeria, passed through by Ibn Battuta on his journey. - مقام
القسطنطينية
Byzantine capital on the Bosporus, taken by Mehmed II in 1453 and made the Ottoman seat, Istanbul. - مقام
قرطبة
Spanish city, capital of the Umayyad emirate and then caliphate of al-Andalus, with its Great Mosque. - مقام
قرشقة
An island about 150 miles long and 27 wide, with towns; al-Idrisi describes its people as wild folk of the… - مقام
دبرس
A large city at the head of the strait crossed to the mainland; the author gives seventy miles east of… - مقام
دبيل
Dabil (Dvin) of the third Armenia's cities; Anushirwan settled and fortified it; Habib ibn Maslama besieged… - مقام
الدبوسية
A fine town of many orchards with an earthen wall, running water and handsome buildings, on the road to… - مقام
دغوطة
A town on a large creek whose people go unclothed and cover their hands when they meet traders. Gold is found… - مقام
دهمان
A village one stage from Kazima. - مقام
دهروط
A town on the western bank of the Nile, about half a day from al-Humman al-Kabir. - مقام
داي
A town near Tadla with a mine of pure copper, which al-Idrisi describes as sweet-coloured copper used for… - مقام
دلاص
A town on the east bank of the main Nile, known for the dalasi armour attributed to its craft. The author… - مقام
دما
A coastal village that is busy in winter and quieter in summer, with a famous pearl bed of very fine quality. - مقام
الدامغان
The chief city of Qumis; when Sulayman ibn Amr al-Dabbi was sent to Qumis after Ibn al-Zaynabi's treaty its… - مقام
دماميل
A recently built town on the east bank of the Nile, about seven miles from Qus. The author describes its air… - مقام
دمنهور
A city in the Nile Delta of Egypt, passed through by Ibn Battuta on his way from Alexandria to Damietta. - مقام
دمشق
Syrian city, capital of the Umayyad caliphate (661-750 CE) and home of the Umayyad Mosque. - مقام
دماوند
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دامغان
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دمونة
Damuna, one of two villages of the Fayyum with Lahun; water reaches it by flow from the great canal, and its… - مقام
دنبلي
A small, populous town on low ground; the author gives half a day east of Faramniyāk. - مقام
دندمة
A small town in the Sofala lands, two sea passages and seven days by land from Jantama. Its people, like… - مقام
الدندانقان
A handsome town with a wall, fort, markets, baths and inns, two stages from Marw. - مقام
دانية
A city with a populous suburb and a strong wall built with skill along the sea, where ships are built and the… - مقام
دقوقا
town toward Shahrazur; in al-Baladhuri Hashim ibn Utba and al-Ash'ath ibn Qays raided the Radhanat and… - مقام
دار المقياس
A large building on Rawda Island where the Nile's rise is measured in a deep basin around a standing marble… - مقام
دار الندوة
The house of Qusayy ibn Kilab at Mecca, the council chamber of Quraysh; Quraysh held there the assembly that… - مقام
دار ابن يوسف بمكة
The Meccan house where the Prophet was born on 8 Rabi' I — fifty days after the Elephant men's arrival —… - مقام
درعة
A land of continuous villages with no walls or ditches, whose people grow henna and carry it to all regions;… - مقام
دراباذ
A district beside Shahrazur; its people treated with Utba ibn Farqad for jizya and kharaj among his conquests. - مقام
دارابجرد
Darabjird of Fars — the banner-town of its people and seat of their religion under the Hirbadh; Uthman truced… - مقام
دار مرشة
A round, sandy island with many towns, villages and sheltered anchorages; the author gives twenty-five miles… - مقام
دربند
A small, civilised town of wealthy people, one stage from Washjird. - مقام
درجة جنك
Darjah Jank at Basra, a Thaqif holding — so named for the lawsuits over it, jank being Persian for clamour. - مقام
دسينة
A civilised city with wide districts, many fields and buildings and cheap prices; the author gives four days… - مقام
الدسكرة
A small town with palms and crops; al-Idrisi says it has a royal building from which it takes its name. - مقام
دستبا
a city; in al-Baladhuri, the object with Rayy of Urwa ibn Zayd's eight-thousand campaign, and Kathir ibn… - مقام
دستميسان
The Dastumaysan district of the Tigris lands; its people massed, Utba struck first to weaken their sides, and… - مقام
دوعن
A Hadramawt town which in al-Hamdani's day was 'the seat of the imam who commands and forbids in the Ibadi… - مقام
دوقه
A populated village, which al-Idrisi mentions together with Alib. - مقام
دورق
Dawraq of al-Ahwaz; taken by force with al-Sus and Tustar in Abu Musa's campaign. - مقام
الديارات السبع (وادي النطرون)
The Seven Monasteries of Lower Egypt stretched west along the ridge dividing Buhayra from the Fayyum — Wadi… - مقام
الديبل
al-Daybul, Sind's port at its creek; al-Mughira ibn Abi al-As met the enemy there and prevailed. - مقام
ديلم
The mountain country south of the Caspian west of Tabaristan; Urwa ibn Zayd broke Daylam with the Rayy host… - مقام
دير الجماجم
Monastery near Kufa; in al-Baladhuri — per al-Sharqi ibn al-Qatami — Iyad fought Bahra' ibn Amr ibn al-Haf of… - مقام
دير الجص
A strong fortified stopping place with a wall of plaster and brick, a rest for travellers with no crops or… - مقام
دير قاووس
Dayr Qawus, the Tigris spot four farsakhs above al-Ubulla where Basrans drank before the canal — running amid… - مقام
دزة
A town and fortress on a hill, with a pulpit, buildings, fields and running water, one stage from Dayr… - مقام
دزك
A populated city with much trade and brisk goods, near a salt mountain named for the saltiness of most of its… - مقام
دلهي
A city in northern India; it was the capital of the Delhi Sultanate from the thirteenth century CE and then… - مقام
دكا
The capital of Bangladesh; it became capital of the Bengal region in the Mughal era in the early seventeenth… - مقام
ذمار
A city in Yemen forty-eight miles from Sanaa, on the valley road that runs past it. The wars plant, a yellow… - مقام
ذنب التمساح بالقلزم
The mile-point from al-Qulzum where the ancient canal was cut toward the Mediterranean — its great bridge… - مقام
ضنكان
A town two light stages from Hulay. Al-Idrisi says its people rarely leave it, and that their wealth,… - مقام
ذات أنواط
A great green tree on which Quraysh and the Arabs would hang their weapons, and at which they would slaughter… - مقام
ذو أفران
A valley on the road to Badr, where the Prophet received news of the caravan and of the force that had set… - مقام
ذو كشر
A valley floor on the Hijra route, between Mudlajat Dhi al-Ghadwayn and al-Jada'id. - مقام
ذو قار
A place near Kufa where Ali gathered his army in 36 AH after calling the Kufans out; al-Qa'qa' spoke there,… - مقام
ذو الحليفة
The miqat of the people of Madina: pilgrims from Madina enter the state of ihram at its mosque. Its site is… - مقام
ذو المجاز
One of the famous Arab fairs held in the sacred months along with Ukaz and Majanna, in al-Raheeq al-Makhtum's… - مقام
ذو المروة
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ذو العشيرة
A place in the district of Yanbu'. In Jumada al-Ula of year 2 AH the Prophet reached it, seeking to intercept… - مقام
ذو أمر
A watering place where a company from Banu Tha'laba and Banu Muharib would gather. The Madina force reached… - مقام
ذو أوان
A place where the Prophet stopped on his return from Tabuk, a town an hour's daylight travel from Medina… - مقام
ذي سهيم
A watering halt on the road from Mecca to Dhu Suhaym of Khawlan, where travellers rest. - مقام
ذي طوى
A valley in lower Mecca where the Prophet halted the army, bowed his head in humility on his mount until his… - مقام
ذُباب
A mountain at Medina, in the editors' reckoning; Abdullah ibn Ubayy pitched his camp near Dhubab below the… - مقام
جزر الدبيحات
A group of populated islands with many coconut palms and sugar cane. Trade is in cowrie shells, and the… - مقام
ديابة
A populous coastal city with harbours for anchoring, sailing and building ships for voyages; the author gives… - مقام
دهستان
A city beyond Jurjan in the Turks' country where Sul al-Turki sat; Yazid ibn al-Muhallab besieged it, cut its… - مقام
دجون
A blessed city of good ground with many livelihoods and provisions, about seventy miles from Lanka. - مقام
دمهرة
A kingdom on the islands of the Indian Ocean ruled by a queen with a husband who handles affairs. She judges… - مقام
دمياط
Damietta, a lower-Egypt city on the Nile's mouth; Amr ibn al-As sent Umayr ibn Wahb al-Jumahi to it with… - مقام
الدينور
A Jibal city; in al-Baladhuri, marched upon by Jarir ibn Abdallah but not taken. - مقام
دنيهة
A populous city whose people are landowners with many sheep and herds, on a river into which the river… - مقام
قبة الصخرة
The Dome of the Rock, in the middle of the Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem, over the sacred rock. The book dates… - مقام
دراس
A city on the sea coast from which roads run to Akhrida, Bulgo and the Roman towns; with ships and trade. - مقام
دريسترة
A wide city with busy markets, abundant provisions and notable buildings; the author gives one and a half… - مقام
دغواطة
A city of the Roman bases whose people are brave, with raiding ships; thirty miles from Jadhara. - مقام
دولقه
A town on a river that reaches the sea, between Burj and Nahrawara, similar in size to Jinawal. - مقام
دُومة الجندل
A town ruled by Ukaydir ibn Abd al-Malik al-Kindi the Christian, according to Ibn Ishaq; the Prophet sent… - مقام
دنباوند
Mount Dumbawand, greatest of Tabaristan's mountains; Sa'id ibn al-As conquered it with the Tabaristan plain… - مقام
دمرناخ
A small town at the foot of a mountain with a strong fort, about four stages east of Lalan; its people,… - مقام
دميرة
A small town where fine cloth is made for export, with many craftsmen and merchants; ten miles from the… - مقام
دنقلة
The seat of the Nubian king, on the west bank of the Nile, where the residents drink from the river. The… - مقام
الجزائر الهندية الشرقية الهولندية
The Dutch-ruled archipelago of Southeast Asia. Arslan's chapter reprints a lecture by Sayyid Isma'il… - مقام
أدرنة
Thracian city, an Ottoman capital from the 14th century until 1453, with Sinan's Selimiye Mosque (1575). - مقام
إسنا
A city built by the early Copts, with farms, orchards and remains of Coptic buildings, known for grapes whose… - مقام
فدك
A Jewish oasis in the northern Hijaz near Khaybar; its people made peace with the Prophet on his return from… - مقام
فِحْل
A place in al-Sham where the Muslims fought a battle with the Byzantines a year after the conquest of… - مقام
الفهرج
al-Fahraj on the Sijistan road; al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad's halt before crossing the seventy-five-farsakh mafaza to… - مقام
فحص خراز
A wide plain twelve miles long, with a flowing stream at its far end. - مقام
حصن فلموس
A fortress which the author says is deserted in winter, when its people flee to distant caves to keep fires,… - مقام
فندرينه
A coastal town on a creek from the direction of Manibar, where Indian and Sind ships land; a great mountain… - مقام
فنمارك
A land of many villages and sheep; the author says most of it is empty and that only Abura and Qalmār are… - مقام
فرة
A city larger than al-Qarnayn, with about sixty villages, many palms and fruits; three stages from Jazah,… - مقام
فاران
A place on the sea road to Mount Tur, described by al-Idrisi as hard to cross, with a small village where… - مقام
فراوة
A civilised town, small in size compared with its neighbours; a frontier fortress of Khurasan at the desert's… - مقام
فربسيوس
A well-known, populous city rich in produce; the author gives one day from Megali Barsaklāfa. - مقام
فَرْدة
A water in Najd where fever struck Zayd al-Khayl on his way home from Medina and where he died; he names it… - مقام
فرغانة
Farghana, the Transoxanian land on the Sayhun; Salih ibn Muslim took its Kasan, Urusht, Sakhr and Akhsikath —… - مقام
فارس
Fars, the great province named for its people; the Muslims conquered it from the sea under Umar — Abr Kawan… - مقام
فارسكور
A civilised village with sugar-cane presses and standing crops, ten miles from the preceding village and… - مقام
فاروي
A city on a river; the author gives forty miles from Aqrūnus. - مقام
الفارياب
al-Faryab of Khurasan; opened by al-Ahnaf ibn Qays, or by Umair ibn al-Ahmar al-Yashkuri in another account. - مقام
فسا
Fasa of Fars; its great-man truced Uthman on Darabjird's terms — some say the Hirbadh himself truced it. - مقام
فَيْد
A place in the land of Tayy in Najd which the Prophet granted to Zayd al-Khayl with other lands, writing it… - مقام
فيض البصرة
The Fayd of Basra, the channel Ziyad dug after finishing the Ubulla canal — from his mawla Fil's house to the… - مقام
فزان
The land that follows Zaghawa country, with towns such as Jarma and Tasawa. The author says its people depend… - مقام
فاس
Moroccan city founded under the Idrisids around 800 CE, home of al-Qarawiyyin, founded in 859 CE. - مقام
فيلبوبلس
A large, inhabited city with fields, fifty miles east of Adrianople; described as one of the populous cities… - مقام
فيمية
A city a hundred miles from the sea, facing north across the Shawdhan sea. - مقام
فربر
A populous town of handsome buildings and neat streets, strong in itself, on the far bank of the river,… - مقام
فيربوز
A populous city in Makran, which al-Idrisi describes as having well-mannered and safe people who avoid… - مقام
افلورنسة
A civilised city with markets, craftsmen and wealth; seventy miles from Lucca and some fifteen miles from… - مقام
مرسى فضالة
A harbour on the Atlantic coast near Sala, twelve miles to the south, from which wheat, barley, beans and… - مقام
فرميزة
A fine city on the bank of a river, with wide territory, many buildings and collected revenues; the author… - مقام
فوة
A town on the Rosetta branch of the Nile, mentioned by Ibn Battuta on his way to Damietta. - مقام
قابس
A city on the coast of Tunisia, passed through by Ibn Battuta on his way to Tripoli. - مقام
غيطة
A large city rich in trees and fruit, with a fine sheltered harbour where large and small ships are built;… - مقام
غاو
A city in Mali on the Niger River; it was the capital of the Songhai Empire. - مقام
غزة
A city on the Palestinian coast with a harbour, about twenty miles from Ascalon. - مقام
عينتاب
City in south-east Anatolia, formerly 'Aynṭab, chief town of a vilayet. It was important from the Hamdanid… - مقام
غدامس
A city the author places eighteen stages from the Azqar, across land with few people and little water. - مقام
غدير خم
Pool and halting place on the pilgrim road between Mecca and Medina, near al-Juhfa, where the Prophet halted… - مقام
غاغان
A city on the lake named after it, with a workshop for silk garments; Turkish merchants buy much there; six… - مقام
غانة الكبرى
The great city of the Sudan lands that al-Idrisi describes, about twelve stages from Malal across sand. - مقام
جزيرة الغنم
A large island in the western sea, followed by countless small islands known to sailors who visited them;… - مقام
غرغون
A great lake about a hundred miles long with sweet water and much fish, with a snowy mountain above it, in… - مقام
غرهم
A city on the coast; the author gives sixty miles from Mahistār. - مقام
غرخان
A large, populous city where the king of Isqawtiya resides; the author gives eight stages from Namjān. - مقام
الغور
Settled mountains with springs, orchards and rivers; the people farm and herd, speak a language different… - مقام
غيارة
A town on the Nile with a ditch around it and many people. Its people are bold and skilled; they raid the… - مقام
غزنة
A great, populous city with many markets, from which the road enters the lands of India, which al-Idrisi… - مقام
غزة (المغرب)
A small town with a bath house, fine houses and farms, beyond Yalal. - مقام
قنط
The greatest city of the land of Lubān, on the west bank of the river the author calls Arīn, with many… - مقام
غودش
A small island with well water and a rest-stop, a sheltered harbour, lying east of Nemoush. - مقام
غولوي
A fine place visited by travellers who bring goods and trade; the author gives half a day east of Aytūqastru. - مقام
غمدان
The San'a' castle built by al-Dahhak for Venus — levelled in Uthman's caliphate into a great mound where the… - مقام
غوران
A small town where the ruler of a Turkish group lives; the author gives four stages over high mountains from… - مقام
الزقاق وجبل طارق
The strait and Jabal Tariq, named for Tariq b. Ziyad's landing in Sha'ban 92; the chroniclers report that… - مقام
جيلان
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غرناطة
Spanish city, capital of the Nasrid kingdom, the last Muslim state in Iberia (13th century to 1492), with the… - مقام
نهر قرطبة الكبير
The great river that passes Cordoba. The author reports that it emerges from a mountain, goes under the… - مقام
وادي آش
Guadix (Wadi Ash) — a fine city of Granada's district ringed by gardens and rivers, its people specially… - مقام
حديقة الموت
An orchard in al-Yamama formerly called Ubad; the polytheists were driven into it on the day of the battle of… - مقام
الحضر
The famed desert fortress Hatra in the Ayajir district of Mosul — seat of the Arab king al-Dayzan which… - مقام
حضرموت
A region of southern Arabia; the Prophet appointed over it Ziyad ibn Labid al-Bayadi al-Ansari — on which… - مقام
حيفا
A town below the tip of Mount Carmel with a good harbour for fleets, three light stages from Qaysariyya. - مقام
حائط العجوز
The wall that ringed Egypt's arable land along the desert edge like a dyke between sand and tilth — al-Umari… - مقام
ساحل هجر
The coast of Hajar, the first land of Bahrain reached along the shore, with a sparsely settled coastal road. - مقام
حجر اليمامة
A city of al-Yamama, now in ruins, which in its time was the principal seat of the region. - مقام
هلاورد
A populous, handsome city with markets, a fine site and fair fields, built of mud and lime, with rich lands… - مقام
هالة
A large, populous city in the land of Shuṣūniya; the author gives one hundred miles west of Iqrāqū. - مقام
حماة
A Syrian city on the Orontes, famous for its water-wheels; a branch of the Ayyubid family ruled it, and it is… - مقام
همدان
City in western Iran where Ibn Sina served as vizier and where he died in 1037. - مقام
همذان
the Jibal's city; in al-Baladhuri taken by Jarir ibn Abdallah in 23 or 24 on Nihawand's terms after an arrow… - مقام
حمام أعين
Bath at Kufa named for A'yan, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas's mawla — the man al-Hajjaj sent to Abdallah ibn al-Jarud… - مقام
حمراء الأسد
A place eight miles south of Medina. The Prophet reached it the day after the battle of Uhud (Sunday 8… - مقام
هنقبر
A large, populous city bordering the land of Bulūniya; the author gives five stages west of Wālba. - مقام
حاران القرين
A populated village with running water and a few palms, on the road to Sanaa. - مقام
هراة
Herat, a city of Khurasan; to it Fayruz exiled the Persians whose descendants joined the Turkish Hayatila… - مقام
بحر هركند
The sea on which the famous islands with large wooden ships lie. The author describes a large, well-known… - مقام
هرمزفرة
A town one stage west of Marw and a farsakh from Kashmihan, with buildings, markets, traffic and a pulpit. - مقام
حران
Harran of the Jazira cities; its people compounded with Iyad ibn Ghanm on the like of al-Ruha's treaty — some… - مقام
حرة الرجلاء
A lava field where the people of Rifa'a ibn Zayd al-Judhami settled after accepting Islam on the Prophet's… - مقام
حرة بني حارثة
A place known as Harrat Bani Harithah, which the Prophet took on his way to Uhud. Abu Khaythama al-Harithi… - مقام
حسداء
A village with a well that yields only a little water. - مقام
حاسك
A small, settled village on the sea, with two islands opposite and a large mountain above it. It sits on a… - مقام
جزيرة حسران
A wide island with a mountain and a small sweet-water river running through it; its land yields food for… - مقام
هستينكش
A large, populous, busy city with markets, workers and merchants; the author gives fifty miles along the… - مقام
هيكل الجوهرة بأقاصي الصين
The seven-gated round temple of farthest China whose dome shelters a jewel larger than a bull's head lighting… - مقام
هيكل مغليتيا بحران
The last great Harranian temple in 332 — Azar's shrine in Bab al-Raqqa with four crypt-vaults of… - مقام
حيام
A town on the river Ruda in the lands of the Ghuzz, seven days from the lake, with Jajan to its north;… - مقام
هزارسب
A town not large, on the western bank of the Oxus after al-Tahiriyya, with a flowing stream from its hills… - مقام
هرقلية
A small, civilised town; the author gives eighty-five miles from the mouth of the river Bartanū. - مقام
هراة
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الحجاز
Historic region of western Arabia containing Mecca, Medina and Jeddah, the cradle of Islam. - مقام
الحجر
A site on the road to Syria with the remains of Thamud, mentioned by Ibn Battuta in his travels. - مقام
الحلة
A city in Iraq on the Euphrates near Babylon, passed through by Ibn Jubayr on his way to Syria. - مقام
هنتونة
A city on the tip of a headland running into the sea; the author gives eighty miles to Awnastra. - مقام
هربرد
A city in the land of the Germans; the author gives forty miles west of Qazlāra. - مقام
نهر هيذمند
A great river rising from the back of the Ghawr that runs through the lands of Sijistan to the lake known as… - مقام
حصن الناعمة
A fortress resembling a small town, fine, whose land is mostly carob trees, from which carob is carried to… - مقام
حصن القريتين
A fortress on the road to Basra where routes meet, listed among the stages of the road from al-Yamama to… - مقام
حصن الزينبدي
Rayy's fortress above the town, called Hisn al-Furkhan ibn al-Zaynabi, formerly 'Arin; its lord Ibn… - مقام
حصن الزيب
A fortress on the bank of the salt sea, twelve miles from Acre. - مقام
حصن بشر
A populated fortress in the district of Biskra, a fine stronghold with buildings, about four days from… - مقام
فيد
Fayd, with a fatha on the fa, is a known place on the south-eastern slope of the southern side of Salma. Palm… - مقام
حصن كَمْخ
Hisn Kamkh (Kamacha), a fortress of the Armenian marches near Shimshat, contested raid after raid between… - مقام
حصن مهدي (خوزستان)
A strong, well-built fortress on the sea where the river mouth gathers, about three miles across. - مقام
حصن منصور
Hisn Mansur (Adiyaman) of the frontier, named for Mansur ibn Jamwana ibn al-Harith al-Amiri of Qays, who… - مقام
حصن سفل يحصب
The lower fortress of Yahsub, sixteen miles from Hisn Yahsub, with running water from sweet springs. - مقام
حصن يحصب
A fortress in the land of Yahsub with some old Arab families and a few palms; al-Idrisi gives sixteen miles… - مقام
هيت
Hit on the lower Euphrates; taken by the Kufan army Ammar ibn Yasir dispatched under Sa'd ibn Amr ibn Haram —… - مقام
حمص
A city of Syria on the Orontes; its people compounded with Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah after Damascus's fall for… - مقام
هرمز (كرمان)
A large coastal city of Kirman with much cumin and indigo grown around it, shipped from there to every land;… - مقام
الحديبية
Place on the edge of Mecca's sacred territory where the truce between the Muslims and the Quraysh was agreed… - مقام
حلي
A small coastal city and port where ships from Yemen, and those sailing up from Qulzum, put in; goods are… - مقام
حلوان
town at the foot of the Mah mountains; in al-Baladhuri Yazdgard fled there from al-Mada'in with his asawira,… - مقام
حمدان
Humdan — the Chinese great king's capital in Abu Dulaf's account - مقام
حيدر آباد الدكن
A princely state in central India, ruled by a Muslim sultan under British protection, with about 13 million… - مقام
يابسة
The island of Ibiza in the Balearics, crossed by Ibn Jubayr on his way from Sicily to al-Andalus. - مقام
إبزر
A small town on a mound of earth with palms and sweet water. Near it is a good but soft alum mine, and its… - مقام
إضم
A valley in the Hijaz near Medina; the site of Ibn Abi Hadrad's raid 'Batn Idam' in which Amir ibn al-Adbat… - مقام
إفرنك بيلة
A large, fine city with springs, wells and abundant produce; the author gives eighty miles from Siqlāwsh. - مقام
إفريقية
Ifriqiya, the Maghreb province between Tripoli and Tangier; Ibn al-Kalbi says Ifriqis ibn Qays ibn Sayfi… - مقام
إكريزا
A medium-sized, civilised city with markets, trade, vineyards and flocks, bordering Mount Mont Jūn on the… - مقام
إكسيس
A village with thickets where lions are seen and attack people, according to al-Idrisi, who also describes… - مقام
أيميديا
A populous city near the sea, which the author places along the coastal road after Aylūghīs. - مقام
البحر الهندي والصيني (بحر الصين والهند والسند واليمن)
Al-Idrisi describes this sea as beginning thirteen degrees north of the equator, running west past China,… - مقام
انكلاس
One of the largest and busiest cities of Kawar, with pure alum mines. The author says its people travel east… - مقام
إنقلطارة
A very large island in the Great Dark Sea, entered through the bay of Ṣanqala, with lands, fortresses,… - مقام
اقنت
A town that is neither large nor populous, and mostly in ruins. Its few people live on sorghum, barley, fish… - مقام
إقراقو
A fine city with many houses in the land of Bulūniya, surrounded by barrier mountains that separate it from… - مقام
إقريطش
In al-Baladhuri: an island raided by Janada, partly opened in al-Walid's time then closed; Humayd ibn Ma'yuf… - مقام
إرم ذات العماد
Iram of the pillars — placed by al-Mas'udi's report at Damascus, built by the 'Adite Jayrun with marble… - مقام
العراق
The land of Ur and the Sawad under Persian rule: home of the Lakhmid client kingdom at al-Hira, the Jewish… - مقام
أربل
The Jaziran city beneath Mount Maqlub, crowned by its citadel — seat of the Begteginid kingdom in the sixth… - مقام
إرلاندة
A very large island; the author, citing the author of a book of marvels, says it had three towns where ships… - مقام
إرنيي (أرنيدو)
A small town in the province of Logroño, on the Cidacos, a tributary of the Ebro, about 35 km from Logroño,… - مقام
عيساباذ
a Baghdad quarter named — in al-Baladhuri — for Isa ibn al-Mahdi son of al-Khayzuran; al-Mahdi dwelt there… - مقام
أصبهان
the great Jibal province; in al-Baladhuri its land conquered by Abdallah ibn Budayl in 23–24 — Jayy by treaty… - مقام
اسبالطو
A populous city of great extent, with many lanes paved with flagstone and raiding ships; about twenty-eight… - مقام
أسبيجاب
Isbijab, the far fort of al-Shash; an old conquest lost to the Turks, retaken by Nuh ibn Asad under… - مقام
أصفهان
Central Iranian city where Ibn Sina spent his last years at the court of Ala al-Dawla. - مقام
إشبيرة
A large, populous city on the Rhine, with Bazla on the western bank of the same river; the author gives forty… - مقام
إشتيغن
Ishtikhan of Sughd; the seat to which Sughd's kings moved after ancient Samarqand. - مقام
الإسكندرية
Alexandria, taken by Amr ibn al-As by force with neither covenant nor contract — in the wording of his letter… - مقام
إسكندرونة
A coastal town forty-five miles from Antioch with a good harbour, from which goods are carried into Syria. - مقام
إسنا
A city on the west bank of the Nile, one of the old towns built by the early Copts. It has farms, orchards, a… - مقام
اسنخوا
A city in a broad plain where nothing grows but saffron, which is shipped from there to every part of China. - مقام
إسقيريا
A Chinese city on a river feeding the Khamdan, four stages from Khaygun, where the revenues of China are… - مقام
إستبرية
A civilised, populous city with wide markets and well-laid streets; the author gives twenty miles along the… - مقام
إصطخر
Fars's great city; in al-Baladhuri, assaulted vainly by Abu Musa and Uthman ibn Abi al-As — it and Jur the… - مقام
إسطنبول
City formerly known as Constantinople, conquered by Mehmed II in 1453 and capital of the Ottoman Empire. - مقام
استجة
A town thirty-five miles from Cordoba, on the road toward the fortress of Ashuna and a populous village. - مقام
أثل
The capital of the land of the Khazars, on the river Ithil, which the author says flows into the Khazar Sea. - مقام
جزيرة جابة
One of a cluster of close islands, about two farsakhs apart, all ruled by a single king named Jaba. He wears… - مقام
جبل أبي قبيس
A mountain at Mecca overlooking the sanctuary; al-Raheeq al-Makhtum names it in the origin of the Fudul pact,… - مقام
جبل الفضة
A mountain with silver mines, running along the back of the fertile valley of Darfard, one stage from Jiruft. - مقام
جبل الكرمل
A mountain spur reaching out into the sea, visible from the water, with a good harbour beside it. - مقام
جبل اللكام
A range that begins at the Red Sea and runs into the lands of Syria, called Jabal al-Lakkam there; it reaches… - مقام
جبل النور
A mountain about two miles from Mecca holding the cave of Hira where the Prophet retreated before his mission… - مقام
جبل الرماة (جبل عينين)
A small hill on the southern bank of Wadi Qanat, southeast of the Muslim camp at Uhud, about a hundred and… - مقام
جبل الطيلمون
A mountain on the west bank of the Nile, about five miles from Zamakhir. The author says it blocks the… - مقام
جبل الطور
A high mountain near the sea, reached by a known path; it has a mosque and a well of sweet water from which… - مقام
جبل الزور
Jabal al-Zur in the Dawar country toward Kabul; Ibn Samura bottled its folk there, truced, and entered on the… - مقام
جبل الأوراس
A long mountain range with continuous settlement, villages, orchards and trees; its people are proud, and… - مقام
جبل عَيْر
A large, well-known mountain on the qibla side of Medina near Dhu'l-Hulayfa, the town's miqat; in the haram… - مقام
جبل بريم الأحمر
A red mountain in this region. The author reports the claim that the two obelisks of Alexandria were carved… - مقام
جبل بران
A mountain running north-south nearly to Asyut; the author says people speak of treasure hidden in it and… - مقام
جبل دمر
A mountain three stages from Jabal Nafusa. Berber people at its edges ride swift horses and raid the camels… - مقام
جبل درن
The great Atlas range, a long chain running from the Atlantic; al-Idrisi describes forts on its heights and… - مقام
جبل غزوان
A mountain on whose back lie the lands of Banu Sa'd, with several Hudhayl clans; al-Idrisi says its summit is… - مقام
جبل ايكجان
A mountain near Setif inhabited by the Kutama tribes, who, al-Idrisi says, give food freely to guests and… - مقام
جبل جالوت
A Berber mountain near the settlements of the Banu Hilal. The author says it takes its name from Goliath,… - مقام
جبل كركس كوه
A small mountain surrounded by desert, with a flat open space at its centre; al-Idrisi says the robbers of… - مقام
جبل مقدة
A mountain above Tripoli, about three stages from the city. - مقام
جبل مسيون
A high, hard-to-climb mountain near Bijaya, with plants used in medicine, which al-Idrisi lists by kind. - مقام
جبل نفوسة
A high mountain about three days long, with villages, barley fields and running water; al-Idrisi says the… - مقام
جبل قلمرى
A mountain four days from Sanitriyya, with a good iron mine. - مقام
جبل رضوى
A high mountain of ravines and springs, green with herbage and rich in water; its quarries yield millstones… - مقام
جبل سحاو
Among the highest and steepest mountains, eight miles from Kaldis; the Arabs do not cross beyond it. - مقام
جبل شرم
A mountain where the al-Falaj river rises; it is a large river that flows on to the sea near the village of… - مقام
جبل سياه كوه
A mountain close to Kirkis Kuh with no settlement, a short distance from it, a lonely place where those who… - مقام
جبل تانسف
A mountain reached in two stages from Jabal al-Tilmun, with a smooth face and a narrow crack. The author… - مقام
جبل ثور بالمدينة
A small mountain in Medina near Uhud, named in the haram hadith 'between 'Ayr and Thawr is inviolable' as the… - مقام
جبل زغوان
A high mountain between Tunis and Qayrawan, visible from the sea, with fertile slopes, farms and settled… - مقام
جبلة
A coastal city of Syria's seaboard; Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan founded and garrisoned it after the Muslims took… - مقام
جبى
A town densely built among palms and sugar cane, rich in produce, twelve miles from Basyan and fifteen from… - مقام
جبانة السبيع
Kufa's great cemetery; in al-Baladhuri — per Hisham ibn Muhammad al-Kalbi — named for the sons of al-Sabi'… - مقام
جاذرة
A large, open city on the sea shore, whose people are Dalmatians with raiding ships; thirty miles from… - مقام
جيان
A fine city rich in fertile land, honey and meat, with running springs beneath its wall and a strong citadel;… - مقام
جهرم
Jahram of Fars; a gathering massed against Uthman near it — he scattered them and took the Jahram land. - مقام
جاجان
A town west-southwest of Gharghun, several stages away in the lands of the Ghuzz; Dhahlan lies near it, in… - مقام
جاكرتا
Capital of Indonesia, on the island of Java. The Grand Imam met President Widodo at the palace here on 22… - مقام
جلولاء
site east of the Tigris; in al-Baladhuri Yazdgard's last levy under Khurrazad brother of Rustam was routed… - مقام
جالوس
An island near the Binman islands. The author reports from informants that its people eat human flesh. They… - مقام
جمارة
A large populated city, whose Greek name al-Idrisi gives as Badhanto; forty miles from Batranto. - مقام
الجامع الأعظم بقرطبة
A great mosque unlike any other among the mosques of the Muslims, about a hundred bay long and eighty wide,… - مقام
جنازنة
A populous, fine city in the land of Bulūniya; the author gives eighty miles from Iqrāqū. - مقام
جنبيتة
A town in the inner desert of Abyssinia, far from settled land. Its wells often run dry, and its people… - مقام
جندور
A cluster of tall, solidly built palaces pierced by fresh water, where the governor stayed in spring;… - مقام
جنابة
A large, populous, inhabited city with markets, known for fine linen cloth in many kinds and a range of… - مقام
جنطمة
A small town like a gathered village in the Sofala lands. Its people are poor and have little to trade; the… - مقام
جنتيار
A large, populous city on a high mountain that is hard to climb, not under any king's rule; the author gives… - مقام
جنوة
An ancient city of fine aspect, rich in fruit with many farms and villages; its people are wealthy merchants… - مقام
جاقة
A city of al-Andalus nine stages east of Toledo, which al-Idrisi places along several roads from Toledo. - مقام
جراجي
A fine, large town with buildings and farms on the Jarajiyy river, twelve miles from Barsana. - مقام
جرش
A Hawran city whose wonders lore spoke of; in the eighth century al-Umari describes it as a throne of ruins… - مقام
جراوة
A town one stage from Sa'a, on the road to Tlemcen. - مقام
جرباء
A place whose people came to the Prophet at Tabuk and paid the jizya, according to Ibn Ishaq. - مقام
جرباتن
A land rich in rice and grain, on a small creek, five stages from Fandarina. - مقام
جربدة
A city of the Franks, seat of Bishop Urmazd whose 328 regnal list reached the Umayyad heir al-Hakam. - مقام
جريش بقومس
Qumis's great fire-temple of unknown founder — Alexander said to have spared its flame — on the site of a… - مقام
جاركان
A large town with craftsmen and labourers, one stage from Darband. - مقام
جرمة
A city in Fezzan. The author gives about twenty-five stages from it to Awdaghast. Its water comes from wells,… - مقام
جرمق
A town of fair size and fertile land with two earthen walls and a ditch seventy paces wide, four stages from… - مقام
جرة
A populous town in the district of Sabur, with a populated and thickly built countryside. - مقام
جرتة
A small, civilised city with markets and buildings on the coast; the author gives one hundred miles from the… - مقام
جسطة
A small town on a large creek that ships enter. Gold is plentiful there and is the main work and income of… - مقام
جاسوم
A place where Suwaylim's house was said to stand, in the report transmitted by Ibn Hisham. - مقام
جاوى
The largest island of what is now Indonesia. Arslan's chapter on Islam in Java and its neighbours draws on… - مقام
الجوزجان
A district with rural areas in the hills, where tanned hides are brought in and from which goods are shipped;… - مقام
جي
Isbahan's city; in al-Baladhuri taken by Abdallah ibn Budayl by treaty after fighting — kharaj and jizya,… - مقام
جيان
A city of low prices and plenty of meat and honey, where silkworms are raised; a great mosque and a strong… - مقام
جزة
A city whose buildings join those of Farah, with many villages and watercourses, about one stage from… - مقام
الجزيرة
The Euphratean Jazira, the land between the Euphrates and the Tigris; conquered by Iyad ibn Ghanm after Abu… - مقام
جزيرة العرب
The Arabian Peninsula — bounded by al-Hamdani in his Sifa's preamble: Sharm Ayla, the coasts and the Qulzum… - مقام
جزيرة العربية (في الخليج)
A small island in the Persian Gulf, less than a mile square, about 50 miles from the Saudi Arabian mainland… - مقام
الجزيرة الخضراء
An island linked to the mainland, facing Ceuta across the strait; al-Idrisi gives eight miles of sea between… - مقام
جزيرة النعمان
An island in the Red Sea which the author describes as the largest island in that part of the sea, with a… - مقام
جزيرة القمر
A long island joined to the Dibihat group. Its king lives in the town of Malay. The author says it stretches… - مقام
جزيرة القرود
A small island near Ramij, with groves, trees and fruit, where monkeys are so numerous that the author says… - مقام
جزيرة السامري
An island in the Red Sea inhabited by a people who, the author reports, trace their descent to al-Samiri, the… - مقام
جزيرة الياقوت
An island near a city, linked by a road, ringed by a steep round mountain; people of the area hunt rubies… - مقام
جزيرة أوال
A fine island with a large town, palms, fields and many springs, among them Ayn Bu Zaydan and Ayn Ghadhar. It… - مقام
جزيرة ابن كاوان
An island in the Gulf about nine miles across, whose people are Ibadi Kharijis, and from which the mountains… - مقام
جزيرة ابن عمر
A town on the Tigris, in northern Iraq and southern Turkey today, which Ibn Battuta mentions under the name… - مقام
جزيرة خارك
A fine, grassy and fertile island with palms, about three miles in each direction. - مقام
جزيرة صنجى
A populated island with fertile land and fresh water, whose people are between fair and dark in complexion… - مقام
جزيرة تونة
An island in Lake Tinnis, south of Tinnis, with palms and vineyards, reached by a crossing from the land. - مقام
جدة
Red Sea port of the Hejaz, the main gateway for pilgrims to Mecca since the time of the caliph Uthman. - مقام
شريش
Jerez (Sharish) — 'daughter of Seville,' a city of broad markets whose people showed ambition, elegance in… - مقام
القدس
City sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims; the first qibla of Islam, the destination of the Night Journey… - مقام
جبال القفص
Mountains that border the Gulf and reach the deserts of Makran; Kurdish nomads called al-Baluṣ live there… - مقام
جيجل
A coastal city with two harbours, among them the Marsa al-Shu'ara', sheltered by the mountain from the north;… - مقام
جيلان
Gilan south of the Caspian; al-Bara' ibn Azib raided it from Qazwin, and al-Walid ibn Uqba raided it in… - مقام
جناول
A town at the foot of a mountain spur, near Asawal, whose people live much like those of Burj and Dulqa. - مقام
جيرنج
A small town with a pulpit, about nine miles from Marw, on the river. - مقام
جرنغراتة
A city with markets and abundant produce, which the author places three stages by river from Shant. - مقام
جيرفت
Jirraft of Kirman; taken by force by Mujashi' ibn Mas'ud. - مقام
جيرون بدمشق
Damascus's great temple, said to be Jayrun ibn Sa'd al-'Adi's marble-pillared building and by some Iram dhat… - مقام
جبيل
A city on the coast with a strong stone wall and a wide district of trees, five miles from the river of… - مقام
جُبّ دانيال ببابل
The pit at Babylon into which Nebuchadnezzar cast Daniel with two lions; in the tale a prophet of Israel came… - مقام
جبّ يوسف وجسر يعقوب
Twin landmarks of the Safed country — Joseph's Pit by the village of Shura and, beside it, the famous Jacob's… - مقام
جلفار
A village on the coastal sea route from Oman to Bahrain, named together with al-Hayl. - مقام
جنديسابور
Jundishapur, the great city of al-Ahwaz; its panic-struck people took Abu Musa's aman — no killing, no… - مقام
جنزة
Junza in Kabul's marches; there Yazid ibn Ziyad fought Kabul's breakers and fell with many of his men. - مقام
جور
a city of Fars; in al-Baladhuri it and Istakhr alone unconquered at Abdallah ibn Amir's arrival in year 29. - مقام
جُرَش
A town in Yemen; its people and those of Tabala accepted Islam without fighting, so the Prophet confirmed… - مقام
جرجان
The province at the Caspian's corner; its king treated with Sa'id ibn al-As for two hundred thousand dirhams… - مقام
الجرجومة
al-Jurjuma, a city on Jabal al-Lukkam by the vitriol mine between Bayyas and Buqa in the Antioch district;… - مقام
جرزان
Jurzan (Kartli, Iberia), of the second Armenia's lands and then in Khazar hands; in it Anushirwan built the… - مقام
الجوزجان
al-Juzjan of Khurasan; the rout's fugitives reached it, al-Aqra' ibn Habis pursued with horse, turned a first… - مقام
كابل
Kabul, the great city of India's marches; besieged by Ibn Samura for months under mangonels till breached —… - مقام
كلديس
A strong fortress overlooking the river of Constantine, about twenty miles from the city, near the village of… - مقام
كلكسار
A populated coastal town, one of two near each other two days from Jarbatan, with rice and grain. - مقام
كلواذى
Sawad town on the al-Mada'in road; in al-Baladhuri some Muslims reached it on their raids, living off what… - مقام
كنبايه
A town on the coast, reached after a desert crossing from Mamhal. - مقام
كانو
A city in northern Nigeria, among the oldest centres of Islam in the Hausa lands. - مقام
كراكر بسجستان
The Sijistan fire-temple founded by Bahman son of Isfandiyar. - مقام
كرانطة
A town of many vineyards, fruit and irrigated fields, one stage from Tamalta. - مقام
كربلاء
A city in Iraq containing the shrine of al-Husayn, mentioned by Ibn Battuta during his travels in Iraq. - مقام
كرخ فيروز
a quarter of Sur man Ra'a where — in al-Baladhuri — al-Mu'tasim settled Ashinas his mawla with his attached… - مقام
كرمينية
Karminiya beyond the river; campaigned by Qutayba with Tumushkat in 88h. - مقام
الكاريان
al-Karyan and Fashjan (al-Fishajan) of Darabjird's land; outside the Hirbadh's sulh and breached — Ibn Amir… - مقام
كس (سجستان)
A small town with a wall, whose people are craftsmen and travellers, most of them weavers and traders, on the… - مقام
كاسان
Kasan of Farghana — commonly Kashanan; opened by Salih ibn Muslim, breached, and last retaken by Nuh ibn Asad… - مقام
الكشانية
A town twenty-seven miles from Ishtikhan, similar in size to it, with districts, villages and farms. - مقام
كاشغر
A city in far western China on the Silk Road; it became an Islamic centre after the conversion of the… - مقام
كشميهن
A large town one stage from Marw, with orchards, trees and standing markets, from which cloth is sent out. - مقام
جبلا كسير وعوير
Two mountains submerged in the Gulf, whose places sailors know; Chinese ships pass a route close by them. - مقام
كسكر
Sawad town; in al-Baladhuri the host of Durna was routed toward it by Abu Ubayd ibn Mas'ud, and Muslim… - مقام
كثة
A populous, inhabited city with continuous buildings and standing markets, thirty miles west of Yazd. - مقام
كاث خوارزم
Old city of Khwārezm on the Oxus, seat of the Afrighid Khwārezm-Shāhs and the birthplace of al-Bīrūnī. - مقام
كوار
A well-known land that lies east of Kawkaw and is visited for trade. Alum known as Kawari alum comes from it. - مقام
كوكو
A famous large city on the bank of a river coming from the north. Some say it stands on a gulf; others say… - مقام
كوثاربا
A small town east of al-Madain with mounds of ash, which al-Idrisi says, from the reports of the learned, is… - مقام
كيف
A handsome town built of mud brick and clay, busy with trade, which al-Idrisi describes as prosperous with… - مقام
كيز
The largest city of Makran, close in size to Multan, with many gardens, continuous farmland and fair prices. - مقام
كيزكانان
A civilised, populous city with low prices, where the governor resides; it has gardens and fruit but no palms. - مقام
كزناية
A town on the Shelif river with a Friday market visited from the surrounding lands, one stage from Miliana. - مقام
كازرون
Kazarun of Sabur's land in Fars; taken by Uthman ibn Abi al-As. - مقام
كاظمة
A city four stages from Tatja, which travellers cover in those stages on the way to it, with springs and… - مقام
خفان
In al-Baladhuri: a place al-Muthanna ibn Haritha reached after Abu Bakr's commission, calling his people to… - مقام
خاخيط
Khakhit, a town of Armenia's district; Marwan ibn Muhammad settled there ten thousand households of Slavs he… - مقام
خليج أمير المؤمنين
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خان روان
A civilised, populous city with thriving markets and well-built forms, between Nishapur and Tus, one stage… - مقام
خانفو
A city at the far edge of China, eight days' journey from Khanku. The author says he will describe it in the… - مقام
خانقين
town east of the Tigris; in al-Baladhuri the Persians placed their dependents and baggage there at Jalula,… - مقام
خانقو
Khanqu — China's city of merchants and wealth, forty parasangs long - مقام
الخانوقة
A populous, inhabited town with a busy market and trade on the highway, two stages from Qarqisiya. - مقام
خاقان
A large city to the north on a great river with fertile banks, with trade and crafts, and the herds of the… - مقام
بلاد خرخيز
A fertile land of many waters, with rivers flowing in from the frontier; a great valley with strong currents… - مقام
خرقانة
A great but small town on the border of Farghana, on the road to Farghana, twenty-seven miles from Bunjikath. - مقام
خواش
Khawash and Quzan of Bust on the Sijistan road; Ibn Samura took them by force after crossing Wadi Nasl. - مقام
خيبر
Oasis north of Medina, home of Jewish communities and the objective of the Muslim expedition of 628 CE. - مقام
خيف بني كنانة
The ravine (shi'b) of al-Safi in Makkah, also called Khayf Bani Kinana. There the Prophet said to the… - مقام
خيغون
A city eight stages from Kashgar, with produce and advantages for merchants. - مقام
خيماخيث
Two towns on the river Shūrān; the southern one has many fields and trees and receives timber from the… - مقام
خيزان
Khayzan, a town of Armenia's district; al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah al-Hakami compounded with Hamzin's people to… - مقام
الخزرية
A large, populous, spacious city with abundant water, to which the Khazars are attributed, which the author… - مقام
خزخراكث
A city of abundant produce with much iron that is shipped to every land from the Turkish country; its ruler… - مقام
خلاط
Khilat (Akhlat) on Lake Van, of the Armenian cities; its patrikios came down to Habib ibn Maslama at Mariyala… - مقام
خيوة
A city in Khwarazm in present-day Uzbekistan; it was the capital of the Khanate of Khiva. - مقام
خيوان
A strong fortress with two water pools and vineyards whose large grapes are dried into raisins and carried to… - مقام
خراسان
Historic region of eastern Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, among the great provinces of Islamic… - مقام
خجنده
Khujanda beyond the river on the Sayhun; Salm ibn Ziyad's army, A'sha Hamdan among them, was defeated there. - مقام
خليص
A coastal town between Rabigh and Makkah on the pilgrimage road; Ibn Battuta mentions it on his journey from… - مقام
خلم
A handsome town of abundant produce with running streams and many advantages, two days from Balkh. - مقام
خور
A town also built of mud, with no fort or citadel, many orchards, two days from Qayn. - مقام
خراسان
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خشك
Khushak on the Sijistan road; its folk truced Ibn Samura after Wazan. - مقام
الختل
The first district on the Oxus beyond the river, with towns including Halawarid, Lawkand and Manak; its… - مقام
الأهواز
al-Ahwaz, the Khuzistan province — a great kura of the Jibal; conquered under Umar, seat of Hurmuzan the last… - مقام
خوارزم
Khwarizm, the land beyond the river with its eastern city; al-Ahnaf marched on it after Balkh but could not… - مقام
كركنت
A civilised city, among the noblest and most populous; its citadel is strong and lofty, ships and travellers… - مقام
كرمان
a province; in al-Baladhuri, Yazdgard's refuge where he scorned its marzban, and where the damaq destroyed… - مقام
كروخ
A town with a strong earthen wall and many gardens, known for the raisins carried to distant lands, three… - مقام
كسال
Kisal, the city Marwan ibn Muhammad built and made his seat when given the march — forty farsakhs from… - مقام
كش
Kish, the Sijistan marches toward India; Ibn Samura conquered the stretch between Zaranj and Kish. - مقام
قونية
Anatolian city, capital of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum and the burial place of Rumi (d. 1273). - مقام
قلعة الحصن
The great Crusader fortress of Syria, taken by Baybars in 1271. - مقام
الكوفة
Garrison city in Iraq founded around 638 CE, seat of Ali ibn Abi Talib's caliphate and an early centre of… - مقام
كجا
A populated town in the lands of China, not large but with trade and buildings, ten stages from Ujj. - مقام
كلوا
A great coastal city. Most of its people are Zunuj (Black Africans), its houses are of wood, and its people… - مقام
كوثى
Old town of the Sawad; in al-Baladhuri some Muslims crossed Nahr Subudhan and took Kutha, Nahr al-Malik and… - مقام
كتنه
A village with springs, vineyards, tall palms and vegetable gardens, according to al-Idrisi. - مقام
كويفة بن عمر
Site the Muslims surveyed before Kufa, found ringed by water; Sa'd is also said to have moved the troops of… - مقام
كويابة
A city in the land of the Bulghars; the author gives eight stages from Ṣalāw, and says Muslim merchants come… - مقام
لبدة
A city of many buildings on the coast, which Arabs took over, driving out its people; only remains survive,… - مقام
لبلة
A fine, ancient, medium-sized town with a river coming down from the hills that is crossed by bridge, with… - مقام
اللاذقية
A coastal city of Syria's seaboard; Ubada ibn al-Samit took it by force through the trench ruse — it had a… - مقام
لفيسة
A city on a mountain ridge; the author gives six stages from Banūy. - مقام
لاهور
A city in Pakistan, among the most important Mughal cities; it holds the Badshahi Mosque. - مقام
لخمان
A large, fine, populous city among the cities of the Khallukh Samrīqī, with crafts; the author says its… - مقام
اللّكز
Al-Lakz, a land and fortress of the upper Caucasus; in its plain Marwan ibn Muhammad settled a body of… - مقام
لالان
A large city rich in water and fish, which are taken in quantity; a mountain lies to its south, and from it… - مقام
لمطة
A city on the edge of the desert that stretches between Multan and other lands, four stages from Kabul and… - مقام
لمطة المغربية
Lamta in the far Maghreb, famous for its paper-making in the medieval Islamic period — distinct from the… - مقام
لنبياذة
A fort on a high rock surrounded by the sea on three sides, with a harbour from which ships sail, a… - مقام
لنبذوشة
An island with a sheltered harbour that protects from every wind; the fleet is carried there from the nearest… - مقام
لنكبالوس
A large, populated island ten days from Sarandib. Its people are dark-skinned and go unclothed. Merchants… - مقام
لقنت
A small populated town with a market and mosque, from which esparto grass is carried to all the lands of the… - مقام
لقف
A place on the Hijra road between Qudayd and al-Araj, mentioned by Ibn Ishaq. - مقام
لاردة
A medium-sized city rich in produce, on a river rising in the Partab hills that passes Jaqa; about seventy… - مقام
لسعا
A very small town on the salt sea, one day from Sharma. It has hot springs where people from the region bathe… - مقام
جزيرة لاسية
The second of the two islands under Qamrun. Its people fight the Chinese when there is no truce between them. - مقام
لاوكند
A city the size and market-life of Halawarid, which al-Idrisi describes as a fine place with abundant fruit. - مقام
لوقين
A city on the sea, on the bank of a sweet-water creek that ships enter, three stages from Orissa along the… - مقام
ليون
A populous city with fighting men and people of spirit; one of the cities of Castile, four days from Zamora… - مقام
لياجة
A fine city on an island in the river, surrounded by water on every side, with adequate markets and crafts;… - مقام
ليغلغو
A large, populous city on a hill overlooking a river; the author gives fifty miles west of Salūnī. - مقام
ليموجش
A fine, strong city with abundant produce, conspicuous buildings and wide cultivation; capital of the Anjou… - مقام
لبيري
A fine stop on the sea shore, with a market, bath, residents and fields, and a good harbour where tuna is… - مقام
أشبونة
Lisbon (Ushbuna) — the Atlantic city of western al-Andalus, today's capital of Portugal; its district near… - مقام
لورة
A town on the bank of the great river with a strong fort; the road from it runs to Sadaf and other places… - مقام
لورقة
A fortified city on a mountain, with markets and a lower suburb walled below it, and with yellow earth and… - مقام
ليسانة
Town south of Córdoba where Ibn Rushd was confined in 1195 during his disgrace. - مقام
جزيرة لغوس
One of the Fortunate Isles in the western sea. Citing the Book of Wonders, al-Idrisi reports a tall, sturdy… - مقام
لند شوذن
A city from which the author travels to the mouth of the river Qaṭlū along the coast. - مقام
لؤونس
A city the author places in the land of Iflandarish, sixty miles west of Qumrāy. - مقام
جبل لونيا
A high mountain in Zaghawa country with soft white soil. A cave on it is avoided, the author reports, because… - مقام
لوقين
A city three stages from the island of Sanf, on the approaches to China, with fine silk and Chinese silk… - مقام
ليّة
Wadi Liyya, pronounced with a kasra on the lam and a light yaa, as its people say. Al-Hamdani lists it among… - مقام
معدن النقرة
A large inhabited village beside the al-Naqra mine, named after the ore. - مقام
مَعَان
Town in Syria where the Mu'tah army camped for two nights on learning of Heraclius's numbers; Ibn Rawaha's… - مقام
مبانصة
One of the principal cities of the land of the Germans, populous and rich in crops; the author gives thirty… - مقام
مابط
An island close to Jaba with coconuts, bananas, cane and rice. At its far end is a volcano that smokes by day… - مقام
مقذونية
A land which the author describes as containing well-known cities, among them Nīsū, Athrūbī, Aqrūnus and… - مقام
مداسة
A medium-sized, well-settled town on the Nile, drinking from it. Rice and sorghum are plentiful, trade is in… - مقام
مدينة الفيل
Madinat al-Fil, strongest of Khwarizm's cities — Ali ibn Mujahid calls it Samarqand; opened by Umayya ibn… - مقام
مدينة المبارك
The fortress al-Mubarak al-Turki, al-Hadi's mawla, built at Qazwin, peopled by a company of his own clients. - مقام
مدينة الصفر
The brass-walled city and leaden dome in the wastes of al-Andalus — unreachable by the old kings — whose wall… - مقام
مدينة الزهراء
Madīnat al-Zahrāʾ, 'one of the wonders of the world's buildings' in Ibn Khallikan's citation of Ibn… - مقام
مدينة جرجان
The city Yazid ibn al-Muhallab built at Jurjan after his conquests there. - مقام
مدينة موسى
The town Musa al-Hadi built on Qazwin's ground, endowed with the purchased tract of Rustamabadh for its… - مقام
مدسونة
A large, populous city whose people are fire-worshipping Magians, three hundred miles from the fortress of… - مقام
مدين
A large town on the Red Sea coast which al-Idrisi identifies as the town of Shu'ayb, with a house and water… - مقام
ماديار
A city of broad buildings and many villages on the bank of the Ganges, rich in wealth; seven stages from… - مقام
مغارة الدم
The cave on Damascus's Mount Qasyun said to be where Adam's son killed his brother; it served as the city's… - مقام
هيكل الصين المدور
The wondrous round temple of farthest China — seven gates, a seven-sided dome, a magnetic jewel no king could… - مقام
مهستار
A fine, populous city on a great river from the north, at the far west of the large island, twelve miles from… - مقام
المهجم
A small, fort-like town where its people gather, on the border between Dahis land and Yemen. Eight stages… - مقام
مهرة
A sandy and barren land that only its camels can cross, famed for their speed. Al-Idrisi gives its length as… - مقام
منهوشة
A place on the coast with water in pits dug in the sand; small vipers in the sand bite those who do not know… - مقام
مجنة
One of the famous Arab fairs held in the sacred months along with Ukaz and Dhu al-Majaz, in al-Raheeq… - مقام
ميورقة
An island of many vineyards and grapes, with a small fine town, lying between Denia and Minorca. - مقام
مجريط
A small town and strong fortress, populated, with a congregational mosque and regular Friday sermon, lying… - مقام
مجتمع الأنهار
In al-Baladhuri: a Sawad site where Khalid ibn al-Walid met Azadhbih, lord of Khosrow's frontier posts facing… - مقام
مكران
Makran, the coastal land between Fars and Sind; stormed and garrisoned by Sinan ibn Salama — Ibn al-Kalbi… - مقام
الملعب بالإسكندرية
Alexandria's ancient hippodrome, where a yearly festival threw a ball whose lucky catcher took the kingship;… - مقام
ملقا
A port in Malaysia; the Sultanate of Malacca in the fifteenth century CE was a centre for the spread of Islam… - مقام
مالقة
Malaga, the great Andalusi port on the Mediterranean in the kura of Rayya; besieged by land and sea in 892,… - مقام
ملل
A small town without walls, like a large village, on a hill of red earth that protects its people from raids.… - مقام
مالن
A handsome town of many gardens and much water, its people well off, one stage from Herat. - مقام
ملندة
A large town on the coast of the Zanj lands. Its people live by hunting on land and sea and work iron they… - مقام
مالانج
City in East Java, Indonesia, home to Maulana Malik Ibrahim State Islamic University, which awarded the Grand… - مقام
ملطية
Malatya (Melitene) of the Jaziran frontier, the summer-expedition road; Habib ibn Maslama took it by force in… - مقام
ملاي
The town where the king of the Island of the Moon lives, on that long island. - مقام
مليلة
A fine, medium-sized town with much water, drunk by its people; it once had continuous buildings and fields,… - مقام
مالطة
A large island with a town, its bay opening to the east, described as abundant; a channel's distance from… - مقام
مالوه
A handsome city with much traffic in and out and many villages; from it lie Dadda and Tatta, with four stages… - مقام
ماما
A walled town built mostly of mud brick, with farms and crops, one stage from Tahart. - مقام
مامهل
A city between India and Sind; the road to it from the coastal town of Kanbaya crosses a sparsely inhabited… - مقام
مناذر
Greater and Lesser Manadhir of al-Ahwaz's districts; Abu Musa besieged them and al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad took them… - مقام
منك
A medium-sized city of stone and plaster with buildings, markets and many people; the largest city of… - مقام
مانان
A small town in the land of Kanem with no notable crafts and little trade. Twelve stages from Tamalma. - مقام
منبسة
A small town in the Zanj lands on the sea, whose people mine iron. Two days from Malanda. - مقام
منبج
Manbij of the Qinnasrin jund in the Duluk–Ra'ban quarter; Iyad ibn Ghanm went before it and its people… - مقام
جبل المندب
A long mountain at the entrance to the Red Sea, at Bab al-Mandab, running along the Yemeni coast. Ships bound… - مقام
مندوسان
The great Indian shrine of the magnet-stones — attracting, repelling, repulsing in ways the writer declines… - مقام
منف
A village and town at the foot of Mount Muqattam, now largely in ruins. Al-Idrisi describes a place called… - مقام
منفلوط
A place close to the western bank of the Nile, with markets and all the amenities. Its wheat is brought to… - مقام
منح
A small village at the foot of Jabal Sharm, with palms and springs, on the bank of the al-Falaj river. - مقام
منجابري
A city of fine buildings in a pleasant low-lying plain, watered by springs and rivers, about six stages from… - مقام
منقونة
A town on the Abyssinian coast, five days by land from Zaila. Its people live from fishing and from the… - مقام
المنصورة
The counter-city Abu Ya'qub Yusuf the Marinid built facing Tlemcen during his hundred-month siege — walls, a… - مقام
مقنى
A locality on the Syrian coast inhabited by Jews of Banu Habiba, whose men fished with 'uruk rafts and whose… - مقام
مراغة
A city of Azerbaijan once called Afrahruudh; Marwan ibn Muhammad camped near it returning from the… - مقام
مرند
An Azerbaijani town, once a small village settled by Halbas Abu al-Ba'ith, fortified by al-Ba'ith then his… - مقام
مرعش
Mar'ash (Germanikeia) of the Syrian-Jaziran marchland at the A'maq; Khalid ibn al-Walid took its fortress at… - مقام
مربلة
A small, well-built town with buildings and many fig trees; to its north is the fortress of Bishtar, reached… - مقام
ماردة
A city that was once a royal seat, with remarkable monuments, a bridge, a water channel and a palace called… - مقام
ماردين
A city in south-eastern Turkey on the Jazira road, which Ibn Battuta mentions on his journey. In the year 281… - مقام
مأرب
The second Sabaean capital after Sirwah, seat of the famous dam; its ruins lie about sixty miles east of… - مقام
مارس بأصبهان
The revered hill-shrine three farsakhs from Isfahan whose idols Gushtasp cast out for his fire-temple — still… - مقام
مرج الصُّفَّر
A place at Damascus, in the editors' marginal note; Khalid ibn Sa'id ibn al-As was killed there in Abu Bakr's… - مقام
مرج دابق
A place in the military district (jund) of Qinnasrin, where Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik died on a Friday, ten… - مقام
مركطة
A small, settled town thirty stages from Balaq. Its people live on barley, and merchants come to it from… - مقام
المرقب
A fortress on the top of a high mountain overlooking the sea, eight miles from Antartus. - مقام
مرقية
A town on the coast facing the island of Arwad, emptied of its people, though its houses remain; al-Idrisi… - مقام
مر الظهران
A major valley stage one stage north of Mecca (modern Wadi Fatima); there the ten-thousand-strong Muslim army… - مقام
مراكش
Moroccan city founded around 1070 CE by the Almoravids as their capital. - مقام
مرسى الدجاج
A harbour about twenty miles from Tamdafus, known for a fortification around it. - مقام
المرسى الكبير
A harbour two miles from Wahran, sheltered from the wind, where ships anchor; al-Idrisi says it has no equal… - مقام
مرسى الخرز
A small town with a strong wall, whose people live by coral fishing; its coral beds supply the coral that is… - مقام
مارتلة
A populated, inhabited fortress famed for its strength and defences, with gardens, crops and fig trees. - مقام
مرو
Marw, the great city of Khurasan; its marzban's envoy al-Shahijan sued for peace and Hatim ibn al-Nu'man… - مقام
مرو الروذ
Marw al-Rudh of Tugharistan in Khurasan's works; besieged hard by al-Ahnaf till its folk took refuge in the… - مقام
ماسبذان
a Jibal province; in al-Baladhuri unconquered by fight — al-Sirwan's people treated on al-Dinawar's terms;… - مقام
جزيرة مسفهان
An island in the western sea among the Fortunate Isles. Citing the author of the Book of Wonders, al-Idrisi… - مقام
مشارف
Village in the Balqa' region of Syria where the Muslim army first encountered Heraclius's forces and their… - مقام
مشهد
City in north-eastern Iran, site of the shrine of Imam Ali al-Rida and a major Shia pilgrimage centre. - مقام
مشكي
A populated city on the borders of Kerman, known for its strength, with palms, fields and camels. - مقام
المصيصة
Masisa (Mopsuestia), the Syrian march-fortress on the Jayhan; unpeopled by Muslims until Abdullah ibn Abd… - مقام
مسجد سليمان باصطخر
A ruined fire-temple a farsakh from Istakhr — made a fire-house by Queen Humay, later stripped and ruined —… - مقام
مسكن
Village of the Sawad; in al-Baladhuri raided by al-Nusayr on Khalid ibn al-Walid's behalf together with… - مقام
مسقط (ماسكت)
a city Anushirwan built; its people compounded with Salman ibn Rabi'a among the mountain kings after his… - مقام
المصيصة
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ماسورجان
A large, populated city with trade and many villages on the Tuwaran river, about forty-two miles from the… - مقام
مسيونس
A large, populous city of ancient foundation, several stages north-east of Lafīsa. - مقام
مطرخا
A large, populous city with many districts and wide land, on a great river called Saqyū; the author gives… - مقام
ماورغة
A town with crops, fertile land and running water, one stage from Raygha. - مقام
ميبذ
A small, civilised town of the Kath district with a busy market and shrewd people, about fifteen miles from… - مقام
ميراف
A large city on the coast with wealthy merchants; its people are fond of travel, and al-Idrisi says some roam… - مقام
ميسان
A district of the Basra region in Iraq; Umar ibn al-Khattab appointed al-Nu'man ibn Adi over it, according to… - مقام
ميافارقين
A large, fine and fertile city at the foot of a mountain, where wide cloths and fine woven stuffs are made;… - مقام
مازر
A fine, lively and complete city with broad lanes, markets, wide inns, gardens and orchards, from which goods… - مقام
مرسى مازيغن
A harbour about sixty-five miles from Anfa, with a bay called al-Bayda on the coast; about fifty miles from… - مقام
مازونة
A town about six miles from the sea, below a ditch, with rivers, farms and orchards. - مقام
مكة المكرمة
City in the Hejaz, birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad and site of the Kaaba and the annual Hajj. - مقام
المدينة المنورة
City in the Hejaz to which the Prophet migrated in 622 CE; site of the Prophet's Mosque and the first Muslim… - مقام
البحر الشامي (البحر المتوسط)
Al-Idrisi's Syrian sea enters from the western dark sea at the strait of al-Zuqaq, eighteen miles wide there,… - مقام
مكناسة
A handsome city on high ground with water running to its east, with markets, baths and houses, and gardens… - مقام
مرو
An ancient city in present-day Turkmenistan; it was the capital of Khurasan, the Abbasid movement set out… - مقام
مسينا
A city on the Strait of Messina in Sicily, from which Ibn Jubayr sailed west on his journey. - مقام
مهرجان (خراسان)
A populous town with an earthen wall and a great suburb, watered by a river; two stages from Diwarah. - مقام
مهرجانقذف
a Jibal kura; in al-Baladhuri wholly conquered by Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, al-Saymara its city. - مقام
مهران
Mihran, Sind's great river and its land; here Muhammad ibn al-Qasim camped mid-way, crossed the Mihwan by a… - مقام
ميلة
A handsome city of many trees and abundant water, whose people are a mix of Berbers; it once acknowledged the… - مقام
ميلاص
A fortress jutting into the sea, fine in form and strongly built, among the best and most handsome places, in… - مقام
مليانة
A town in Algeria, which Ibn Battuta passed through on his way from the Maghrib. - مقام
منى
A valley between Makkah and al-Mash'ar, where pilgrims throw the jamarat (pebbles) and spend the nights of… - مقام
منورقة
An island facing Denia across the sea, with a small fine town, and a channel's distance from the coast of… - مقام
مقرة
A town with grain, whose people grow much flax; one stage from al-Musayla. - مقام
مرباط
A town on the Hadramawt coast whose hills grow frankincense, which is shipped out from there. Its people are… - مقام
مركة
A coastal town in Barbara land. Its people grow sorghum by the Nile, and it lies at varying distances by sea… - مقام
مصر
A land watered by the Nile without rain, with Nubia to the south and the sea to the north; it has orchards,… - مقام
مصراتة
A city on the coast of Libya west of Tripoli, which Ibn Battuta mentions on his way from Tripoli. - مقام
مقديشو
Port city on the Somali coast, a trading centre of the medieval East African littoral that Ibn Battuta… - مقام
موهاج
Town in southern Hungary on the Danube; site of the 1526 battle won by Suleiman the Magnificent. - مقام
المنستير
A place with three fortified residences inhabited by devout people; the dead of al-Mahdiyya were carried… - مقام
الموصل
A city on the Tigris in northern Iraq; it was a Zengid centre in the twelfth century and holds the al-Nuri… - مقام
جبل سلع
A mountain in Medina; Ka'b ibn Malik pitched a tent on its back during the boycott, and the caller who… - مقام
مغيلة
A town that was once civilised and built up, set in a wide plain full of herbs, now left with the remains of… - مقام
مكول
A village of Berbers, fortress-like in appearance, with a market that draws goods and trade; one stage from… - مقام
ملتان
A city in southern Punjab in Pakistan, conquered by Muhammad ibn al-Qasim in 712 CE; it is an important… - مقام
منية ابن الخصيب
A prosperous village on the east bank of the Nile, with gardens, cultivated land, cane and grapes. Half a day… - مقام
موقان
The Muqan steppe of Azerbaijan on the Aras; al-Walid ibn Uqba, Kufa's governor for Uthman, raided it among… - مقام
مرسية
A city on the river that bears its name; the author gives its distance from Lorca as forty miles. - مقام
مرسية
The capital of the Tudmir lands, with a populous suburb and a well-built wall, watered by a channel through… - مقام
مرتوري
A city in the land of the Rus at the mouth of a river; the author gives four days from Ramsilī. - مقام
مسقط
The capital of the Sultanate of Oman on the Gulf of Oman, an old trading port; Oman is the centre of the… - مقام
مشلة
A fine city with many farms and fruits, wide districts, strong walls and busy markets. - مقام
المصيصة
A town on the Jayhan river, with a stone bridge to al-Mulan; its Greek name is Mamstra; orchards and fields… - مقام
مستغانم
A town on the sea by a bay, with markets, baths, gardens, orchards and plenty of water. - مقام
مستناح
A town on a great river descending from the Banjar mountains, six days' journey from the royal city, with… - مقام
مؤتة
Village in southern Jordan, near which the Muslims fought a Byzantine-led force in 629 CE. - مقام
شارع المتنبي
Baghdad's book and print street since the 19th century — 'reading is breathing to Iraqis'; bombed in 2007 and… - مقام
متوسة
A populated village on the coast about twelve miles from Jijel. - مقام
موريدس
A city on the edge of the Indian lands, three stages from Dadda and eight from Qandahar. - مقام
المزدلفة
A place between Arafat and Mina, where pilgrims spend the night of the sacrifice (laylat al-nahr). - مقام
نابل
A palace on the sea near a populous city that was later ruined; al-Idrisi says a site with traces of an old… - مقام
النبك
A town in Syria on the Damascus–Homs road, which Ibn Jubayr passed on his way to Damascus. - مقام
نابلس
The city of the Samaritans, with the well where, as the people of Jerusalem say, a visitor asked a Samaritan… - مقام
نبرنته
A ruined city eight stages north of the Sughwa, once well known. Sand overwhelmed its houses and dried its… - مقام
نضخو
A town on a lake of sweet water with many birds like hoopoes; four stages from Khaqan, visited by many Turks… - مقام
نفطة
A small town with markets, trade, palms, crops and running water, two stages from Qafsa. - مقام
نفزاوة
A town about one day from Tuzar; al-Idrisi also mentions another town between Jabal Nafusa and Nafzawa. - مقام
نهر أبي الأسد
A canal at the Batayih; in al-Baladhuri dug by Abu al-Asad, al-Mansur's mawla-commander sent to Basra during… - مقام
نهر عدي
Nahr Adi at Basra — a khawr of the town's river until Adi ibn Arta'a, Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz's governor, cut it… - مقام
نهر الأمير
Nahr al-Amir at Basra, dug by al-Mansur and gifted to his son Ja'far — first 'the Commander of the Faithful's… - مقام
نهر الأساورة
The Asāwira canal at Basra by Fil's house, dug by Abdallah ibn Amir — or, as some say, dug by the asāwira… - مقام
نهر البنات
Nahr al-Banat at Basra — Ziyad's daughters, each granted sixty jarib, the common measure of his grants. - مقام
نهر البزاق
An old Sawad canal; in al-Baladhuri called in Nabataean 'la-Bassaq' — one that cuts water off its neighbour… - مقام
نهر المرأة
The Woman's Canal of the Tigris districts; Shurayh ibn Amir took its palace by treaty from al-Nushajan ibn… - مقام
نهر الميمون
A Sawad canal; in al-Baladhuri first dug by Sa'id ibn Zayd, agent of Umm Ja'far Zubayda bint Ja'far ibn… - مقام
نهر المبارك
A canal in the Sawad; in al-Baladhuri dug by Khalid ibn Abdallah al-Qasri, praised by al-Farazdaq:… - مقام
نهر النعمان بن المنذر
Nahr al-Nu'man ibn al-Mundhir at al-Qandal, a Tigris khawr dammed by Sulayman ibn Ali — the Lakhmid king's… - مقام
نهر الصلة
A Sawad canal; in al-Baladhuri dug at al-Mahdi's command, its lands revived and its revenue assigned to the… - مقام
نهر الأبلة
The Ubulla canal, Basra's great channel from al-Ijana to al-Ubulla, four farsakhs long; Abu Musa began its… - مقام
نهر بردى
A river that splits within the city into channels running to its houses, baths and gardens. Al-Idrisi says… - مقام
نهر بهنك
A great river in northern India that passes east of Atraghan and reaches the sea; the author notes a people… - مقام
نهر بوغو
A great river entered by boats and galleys, with towns and forts along it, flowing to the western sea;… - مقام
نهر ابن عمر
Nahr Ibn Umar at Basra, dug by Abdallah ibn Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz for Yazid ibn al-Walid after the two-flask… - مقام
نهر خمدان
A great river of China, the subject of reports in the books of marvels, on which the city of the same name… - مقام
نهر كر
A river rising in the Kurdish borderlands that passes the valley of Bawan, waters the districts of Fars and… - مقام
نهر معقل
The Ma'qil canal of Basra, named for Ma'qil ibn Yasar whom Ziyad sent to open it for his Companion's blessing… - مقام
سيحان
Sayhan, the Basra canal that belonged to the Barmakids — they themselves named it Sayhan. - مقام
نهر شيرين
A river rising in the Bazarnaj range, watering the districts of Farzak and Jaladjan, and running to the sea… - مقام
نهر تيرى
A populated town with houses and markets and much produce, one stage from al-Ahwaz and two from Bayan. - مقام
نهروارة
A city ruled by a powerful king with many elephants in his army. Muslim merchants visit it in numbers, and… - مقام
النيرون
A fortified city, neither large nor very populous, whose people are well off and which has few trees; about… - مقام
النجا
The last land of Barbara, a village on the road from Mirka. Eight days from it to Qarnawa, and six to Badhuna. - مقام
النجف
A city in Iraq containing the shrine of Ali ibn Abi Talib, which Ibn Battuta mentions on his way to Iraq. - مقام
النجاغة
A small town on the bank of the river that crosses Abyssinia. Its people are farmers who grow sorghum and… - مقام
نجد
Historic region of central Arabia. - مقام
نجرغ
A populous city in the land of Samrīqī with troops; the author gives two and a half stages from Arṣāh. - مقام
نجران
A large town some seven stages south of Mecca toward Yemen, remembered in the prophetic sources as comprising… - مقام
نخلة اليمانية
A place between al-Taif and Makkah on the Prophet's return road from Hunayn. Yaqut mentions it in the course… - مقام
نمرة
A district of Arafat where the Prophet alighted before the standing, and which was the encampment of the… - مقام
نمجان
A small, civilised town ruled by a Turkish man, on the bank of a river called Sūqān. - مقام
نامنة
A Tabaristan village; Sa'id ibn al-As took it with Tamisa on the Tabaristan raid. - مقام
جزيرة النمنج
An island in the eastern sea, where, according to al-Idrisi's source in the Book of Marvels, a people with… - مقام
نانطس
A large, populous, inhabited city with fields and outlying land; a strong and pleasing city from which… - مقام
نابل (نابولي)
A fine, ancient, populous city with goods and wares, with a harbour of abundant water; al-Idrisi describes… - مقام
نقاوس
A city rich in trees and orchards, most of its fruit being dates, with a standing market; two stages from… - مقام
نارند
Narand of the Indian quarters; reached by Amr ibn Jamal's bawarij under Hisham ibn Amr. - مقام
ناروا
A great town and well-filled stop with busy markets and famous crafts, and joined farms; twelve miles from… - مقام
ناروس
A small, civilised town with markets for buying and selling; the author gives one hundred miles from Nūshā. - مقام
نسا
Nasa of Khurasan; Ibn Khazim took its Humrandiz rustaq and its lord truced at three hundred thousand — or on… - مقام
نسف
Nasaf — that is Nakhshab — beyond the river; its folk marched with Sughd, Turks and Kish on Sa'id ibn… - مقام
نصيبين
Nasibin (Nisibis) of the Jazira cities; Iyad ibn Ghanm took it after fighting on the like of al-Ruha's… - مقام
نسطاسية
A stronghold and small town of fertility and strong defences, twelve miles from the sea, where the river of… - مقام
نوابة
A town a short distance from the Nile, above the equator. Its people and trade are few, and the land is hot… - مقام
النوبهار
The Nawbahar, Balkh's great edifice; ruined by Ata ibn al-Sa'ib in Qays ibn al-Haytham's campaign when its… - مقام
نوقان
One of the fine cities of the land, with a strong earthen wall, wealthy merchants and craftsmen; the tomb of… - مقام
نوشى
A civilised city of middling size with crops and orchards, on a river that waters most of its farms. - مقام
نوطس
Among the highest fortresses and noblest towns, with well-arranged markets, running water and many mills, and… - مقام
نايين
A town of markets, trade and circulating wealth, built of mud, seventy-five miles from Aqda. - مقام
صحراء نيسر
A thinly inhabited desert that merchants cross on the way to Awdaghast and Ghana, mostly in the autumn… - مقام
نجربونت
Venetian-held city of Chalkis on Euboea, taken by Mehmed II in 1470. - مقام
نكور
Nekour, an ancient city on the Rif coast of the Far Maghreb between two rivers, one the Nekour rising in the… - مقام
نيفارص
A great and noble city with brave men, populous villages and abundant tax revenue, about eighty miles from… - مقام
نيقية
An ancient, famous city that was once the seat of the Roman kingdom before Constantinople was built; it… - مقام
نهاوند
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نهاوند
A Jibal city; in al-Baladhuri, the field of Yawm Nihawand in year 20 when the Persians and the people of… - مقام
نقموذية
An old town, now in ruins, a three-day sea distance from the coast; al-Idrisi lists it in the district of… - مقام
نينوى
The twin forts of Nineveh facing Mosul across the Tigris; their people fought Utba ibn Farqad, he took the… - مقام
نيسابور
A city in Khurasan in northeastern Iran; it was an important centre of hadith scholarship, and Imam Muslim,… - مقام
نيسو
A noble, fine city and land, rich in produce, honey and milk, with cheap prices and a large bridge over its… - مقام
نيطرم
A civilised, large city on level ground with running water, farms and abundant produce; the author gives… - مقام
نياست
A populous city on the Ganges with much grain, seven stages from Madyar. - مقام
المدرسة النظامية
Baghdad's Nizamiyya school, built by Alp Arslan's vizier Nizam al-Mulk and finished in 459 with Abu Ishaq… - مقام
بلاد النوبة
In al-Baladhuri: the land Muslim horses entered after Egypt's conquest, meeting fierce fighting and… - مقام
نغيرا
A town in the land of Qamnuriyya. The author says it was once one of two thriving towns there, and that wars… - مقام
نول
A large, populated city on the edge of the desert; it is the only town where the people of the region… - مقام
نونشكة
An island off the coast of the White Qumans where a kind of fish is caught; the author records what… - مقام
نوقسترو
A fine, cheap, populous city on the bank of the Danube. - مقام
نيون برك
A city in the land of Shuṣūniya; the author gives one hundred miles from Iqrāqū and forty miles from Hāla. - مقام
عمان
The land of Oman, which al-Idrisi describes as self-contained and well peopled, with bananas, pomegranates,… - مقام
جزيرة أوريسين
A large island off the Indian coast where elephants are hunted and their tusks traded. It has iron mines,… - مقام
أرليانش
A populated, civilised city with standing houses, farms and crops on a river; seventy miles from Tours, one… - مقام
أوترانتو
Apulian port seized by an Ottoman expedition under Gedik Ahmed Pasha in 1480, held for a year. - مقام
أوزبرك
A city in the region of Ṣawāba; the author gives one hundred miles from Bansa and seventy miles from a city… - مقام
باليرمو
Sicilian city taken by the Muslims in the Aghlabid conquest of the island (Ibn Khaldun does not give the year… - مقام
باني بت
Plain town north of Delhi on the invasion road; three famous battles decided India's fate here (1526, 1556,… - مقام
بانوسة
An inhabited island about thirty miles round, lying to the north of al-Bi'a. - مقام
فروان
A town with markets, trade and wealthy people, well built, linked to India by a pass; a gateway for merchants… - مقام
الخليج الأخضر (بحر فارس)
A branch of the Indian and Chinese sea that runs past western Sind, Makran, Kirman and Fars to al-Ubulla,… - مقام
البتراء
Capital of the Nabataeans — the descendants of Nabit ibn Ismail in the traditional account — in northern… - مقام
جزائر الفيلبين
A Pacific archipelago of about 1,200 islands. In Arslan's commentary on Stoddard, Islam reached the southern… - مقام
قبلة
a city Qubadh ibn Fayruz built in Arran — also called al-Khazar — which Salman ibn Rabi'a took after crossing… - مقام
قابي
A city in the land of the Magians far from the sea; the author gives four days from Qulārī. - مقام
قبر هود بالأحقاف
A tomb visited continually by the people of Hadramawt and Mahra — al-Hamdani places it in the red sand-hill… - مقام
قبر يونس بحلحول
The tomb ascribed to Yunus ibn Matta at Halhul village, left of the Jerusalem-Hebron road, under a domed… - مقام
جزيرة قادس
An island twelve miles from Sharish, with the city of Qadis, linked to the mainland by causeways. - مقام
قافز
A palace in the middle of a plain with a lake about half a mile long to its east, four miles from the sea,… - مقام
قفصة
A fine walled city with a flowing river and crops of henna, cotton and cumin, with a market and standing… - مقام
قلعة فيمي
An ancient, unblemished stronghold with little water in its surroundings; al-Idrisi gives distances from it… - مقام
قلعة النساء
A fine-built castle overlooking the sea, with trees and fruit, about twenty-one miles from Naroa. - مقام
القلمون
A fortress on the sea about five miles from the preceding point, on a broad piece of land on which the fort… - مقام
قالري
A fortified and pleasant city on the bank of the Mihran river in Sind, with abundant produce. - مقام
قلعة البلوط
A strong fortress and a lofty stronghold, with noble valleys, fertile estates and many mills on its streams,… - مقام
قلعة الكاريان
A castle on a mountain of clay, reached only by a hard path like an ant's track; al-Idrisi counts it among… - مقام
قلعة الروم
A strong fortress on the Euphrates beside the fortress of al-Bira. It had been a seat of the Catholicos of… - مقام
قلعة أيوب
A town of many trees and fruits with low prices, where gilded earthenware is made; fifty miles east of… - مقام
القلعة (قلعة بني حماد)
One of the largest lands and wealthiest towns, its wall encircling a mountain, with a high fortress on top… - مقام
قلعة بني سعيد
The Banu Sa'id fortress — anciently Astulir or Qal'at Yahsub, where a Yemeni clan settled at the conquest —… - مقام
قلعة بسر
Qal'at Busr, a castle near a town called Majjana by the silver mine, among Qayrawan's works; Busr ibn Abi… - مقام
قلعة ذي الرفاق
Qal'at Dhi al-Rifaq in al-Ahwaz; opened by Thabit ibn Dhi al-Hirra al-Himyari. - مقام
قلعة اسفنديار
A castle in the district of Istakhr on a high mountain, reached by a hard climb of about three miles; no… - مقام
قلعة كرمطة
A fortress with a market and crops, on the Inawan river, one stage from Karanta. - مقام
قلعة مهدي
A strong fortress on a high mountain, on the road from Tadla, with Zanata tribes living around it. - مقام
قلعة رباح
A fortress on the bank of the Yana river, which al-Idrisi calls a strong, populated stronghold three stages… - مقام
قلهات
A populated town on the coast of Oman with well water and fishing, a long stage inland from Sur. - مقام
قليبلي
A large, ancient and populous city with a good harbour, a spring and wells; al-Idrisi says the sea enters it… - مقام
قاليمالايا
A large, populous city rich in crops on a high hill with plentiful game; the author places it in the lands of… - مقام
قلمرية
A city of many vineyards and fruits, including apples and cherries, on a river called the Bugu, with a strong… - مقام
قاليقلا
Qaliqala (Theodosiopolis, Erzurum), of Armenia III in the reported division — or II — and the seat of… - مقام
قلمار
A coastal city which the author places two hundred miles beyond Saqṭūn. - مقام
قلونية
A large city on the western bank of the Rhine with settled outskirts and regular harvests; the author gives… - مقام
أرض قمنورية
A land of the Sudan south of the Sahara that once had well-known towns. Pressure from the Zaghawa and Lamtuna… - مقام
قامرون
The king of a populated island with a rich land. Good camphor grows there. The author says his people attack… - مقام
قمولة
A village about five miles from Damamil, which the author says is as rich as a town, gathering every kind of… - مقام
قناطر النعمان
ancient arches; in al-Baladhuri via Ibn Hisham al-Kalbi named for al-Nu'man ibn Muqarrin al-Muzani's camp… - مقام
قندابيل
Qandabil between Makran and Sind; parts opened by Mujja'a ibn Si'r, completed by Muhammad ibn al-Qasim. - مقام
القندهار
al-Qandahar on the Sijistan-India road; stormed by Abbad ibn Ziyad at cost — its tall caps the model of the… - مقام
قنطرة السيف
A great bridge over the Yana river, guarded by a strong fort, whose people are formidable; al-Idrisi praises… - مقام
قنطرة قرة
Qantarat Qurra at Basra, named for Qurra ibn Habban al-Bahili; Umm Abdallah ibn Amir bought the old canal… - مقام
قنطرة قرطبة
A bridge of seventeen arches, about fifty spans between each pair, rising some thirty cubits over the river,… - مقام
قنطرة ثكان
A bridge on the Musin river near the gate of Arjan, which al-Idrisi says rivals the bridge of Cordoba. - مقام
قاقلا
A city rich in silk, where silkworms are raised and the Qaqali cloth and silk are made; ten stages from… - مقام
قرنطية
The first city of the Kimak lands, large, with a strong wall and horses and horsemen, on a great lake said to… - مقام
قرليون
A strong, unassailable fortress and tall stronghold beside a river named after it; five miles from Jatawa, in… - مقام
قرماسين
A Jibal city; in al-Baladhuri, taken by Jarir ibn Abdallah on the same terms as Hulwan's treaty. - مقام
قرمونة
A fortified town on a strong hilltop overlooking a plain rich in wheat and barley; two stages from Seville. - مقام
كارموت
A town four stages from Qashmir, which al-Idrisi counts among the known cities of India. - مقام
قرن المنازل
The miqat of the people of Najd, on the road to Taif; Ibn Battuta mentions it on his way to Medina. - مقام
القرنين
A medium-sized walled city which al-Idrisi says was once the home and seat of Rustam; one stage from… - مقام
قرقنة
An island with no town; its people live in reed huts and grow vines, cumin and anise. King Roger took it in… - مقام
قرقيسيا
Qarqisiya (Circesium) where the Khabur meets the Euphrates in the Jazira; Iyad sent Habib ibn Maslama… - مقام
قرقوب
A city producing gold-threaded silk brocade known as Qarqubi, carried to distant lands; about four stages… - مقام
قرقوذي
A fine town on the top of a mountain, among the strongest heights of the island, with good crops and farming;… - مقام
قرقونة
A town on the Yemeni sea in Barbara land, where sea turtles are hunted. Two days by sea from Jawa. - مقام
قرطاجنة
A ruined city, now inhabited by Arab chiefs, with an earthen wall remaining. Al-Idrisi describes its wonders:… - مقام
قاروقيا
A fine city with standing buildings; the author gives ten stages north of Bsjrt al-Kharija. - مقام
قاشا
A city whose people depart from the creed of the Chinese; they burn their dead in the Indian manner, ten… - مقام
قاشان
a Jibal city; in al-Baladhuri taken by force by al-Ahnaf ibn Qays — al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Tamimi — on Abu… - مقام
قشمير
A famous city among the lands of India; al-Idrisi distinguishes Inner and Outer Qashmir, and gives four… - مقام
قصر عبد الكريم
A small, populated fortified settlement of mixed Berbers on a river, about three miles from the sea, with a… - مقام
قصر أحنف
A populated place on the Balkh road one stage from Marw, with an earthen wall and running water. - مقام
قصر المسيرين
Qasr al-Musayyirin at Basra, Abd al-Rahman ibn Ziyad's, where al-Hajjaj jailed the families of Ibn… - مقام
قصر النواشق
Qasr al-Nawashiq at Basra — Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan's palace, so named by the street-toughs. - مقام
قصر النعمان
Qasr al-Nu'man at Basra, the seat of al-Nu'man ibn Suhban al-Rasibi who judged between Mudar and Rabi'a when… - مقام
قصر القشيب
A palace at Marib known as Qasr al-Qashib, which al-Idrisi identifies as the palace of Bilqis. - مقام
قصر أوس
A Basra palace named for Aws ibn Tha'laba of Taym Allah, the man of the Palmyra-idols verse. - مقام
هزاردر
Hazārdir, the Basra palace of many doors built by Shirawayh for Marjana — named for the thousand doors, or… - مقام
قصر مصمودة
A fortified site on the sea where ships and fire-ships are built, on the headland of the strait nearest… - مقام
قصر أم عيسى
A town not large, two days south of al-Qasaba. Its people are prosperous, keep camels for travel, and their… - مقام
قصرياني
A town with a strong fortress and firm walls, broad in extent and well built, with a wide district and cool… - مقام
قصة
Qassa of Sind; alone steadfast in Islam when Hind's folk apostatized after Tamim ibn Zayd. - مقام
قستطلون
A high, strongly defended and populated fort, about twenty miles from al-Randaj and twenty more to the… - مقام
قسطيلية (توزر)
A city also called Tuzar, with a strong wall, many palms and large citrons; its vegetables are among the best… - مقام
قطانية
A proud, famous city of Sicily with splendid houses, mosques and congregational mosques, visited from every… - مقام
قطربل
Village of the Baghdad Sawad; in al-Baladhuri raided by al-Nusayr on Khalid ibn al-Walid's behalf together… - مقام
قطيغورا
A great city with profits and facilities on a fresh-water creek, six stages from Tarighyawqan. - مقام
قاون
A large, populous city on the Danube with markets and crafts; the author gives one hundred miles from Aqra. - مقام
قاين
A clay-walled city of mud-brick buildings, with a citadel and a ditch; about one stage in size and two stages… - مقام
قينة
A small village on the road to Yemen. - مقام
قينيو
A large, densely built city at the foot of a high mountain; the author gives one hundred miles from Nūshā. - مقام
القيروان
Qayrawan, the garrison-city of Ifriqiya; Uqba ibn Nafi' al-Fihri laid it out on a thicket-site of trees… - مقام
قيسارية
Coastal Caesarea of the Filastin district; first besieged by Amr ibn al-As in year 13 and finally taken by… - مقام
قيسي
A fortress of many buildings and strong foundations with abundant water, fifteen miles from Jaras. - مقام
القيارة
A town on the Tigris south of Mosul, which Ibn Battuta mentions on his journey. - مقام
قزدار
A populated city with markets, trade and good conditions, with districts that depend on it. - مقام
قزلارة
A large, populous city with rich revenues; its people are described as strong defenders of their land, with… - مقام
قزوين
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قزوين
City in the Daylam mountain country; in al-Baladhuri the asawira living opposite Daylam converted when the… - مقام
قفط
A city on the east bank of the Nile, half a day from Akhmim. The author describes its population as mixed and… - مقام
قنا
A city of Upper Egypt east of the Nile, white and elegant in appearance, with stately buildings; Ibn Jubayr… - مقام
قنسرين
Qinnasrin, capital of the Qinnasrin-and-Awasim jund; its people compounded with Abu Ubayda on Hims's terms… - مقام
القيقان
al-Qiqan of the Sind lands adjoining Khurasan; raided by al-Muhallab in 44h — the grave of al-Harith ibn… - مقام
تشيوانتشو
A port in southeastern China where Muslim merchants resided in the Middle Ages; it holds an old mosque dating… - مقام
قبرس
The island of Cyprus in the Byzantine sea, some eighty farsakhs square by report; first sailed by the Muslims… - مقام
قديد
A place on the Hijra road between Usfan and Rabigh, where Suraqa caught up with the Prophet. - مقام
قوهستان
Quhistan, the nearest city to the Tabasayn at Khurasan's gate; led there by al-Ahnaf ibn Qays, its people and… - مقام
قلوري
A small, fortress-like town whose people are farmers with many sheep; the author gives six stages south-east… - مقام
القلزم
In al-Baladhuri: a sea and route al-Mutawakkil gave Muhammad ibn Abdallah al-Qummi together with Egypt's mine… - مقام
قمانية السود
A city to which the Qumans are attributed, known as Qumāniya al-Sūd; the author explains the name by a river… - مقام
قمار
An island that traders visit for oud, with sandalwood and rice. The author says its people wear cloth wraps,… - مقام
قومس
a province; in al-Baladhuri, whose people joined the Persian summons to Yazdgard in year 20 — conquered by… - مقام
قم
a Jibal city; in al-Baladhuri reached by Abu Musa and Abdallah ibn Qays returning from Nihawand — stayed upon… - مقام
قورنت
A large populated city on a strait, thirty miles from the narrows that lie between them; an island lies off… - مقام
قورية
An ancient town with a strong wall, where vines and olive trees are most common; two stages from the Sayf… - مقام
قوص
A city in Upper Egypt on the bank of the Nile, on the caravan road to Aydhab; Ibn Battuta and Ibn Jubayr… - مقام
قصدار
Qusdar of Makran; first opened by Sinan ibn Salama who died there at its breach — retaken by al-Mundhir ibn… - مقام
رابغ
A coastal town on the pilgrimage road between Medina and Mecca, through which caravans pass between Badr and… - مقام
ردمان
A place in Yemen where al-Muttalib ibn Abd Manaf, the uncle of Abd al-Muttalib, died, in al-Raheeq… - مقام
رفح
A decent town one stage from Gaza, on the road to al-Arish. - مقام
الرافقة
al-Rafiqa, the Abbasid companion-city beside al-Raqqa; it had no ancient trace — al-Mansur built it in year… - مقام
رغولدة
A populous city on a sea-river, attributed to the land of Tabst; the author gives one hundred miles from… - مقام
رحبة مالك
A fertile, populous town on the Euphrates at the edge of the desert, thirty miles from al-Dalia; named for… - مقام
رحقان
A valley between al-Nazia and the Safra' defile, on the road to Badr. - مقام
رامدين
Ramadin, a town of Baykand's two farsakhs on; taken with it by Ubaydallah ibn Ziyad. - مقام
رامهرمز
Ramhurmuz of al-Ahwaz; twice truced — Abu Maryam's eight-hundred-thousand compact — twice betrayed, and taken… - مقام
الرائج
A large island in the Zanj archipelago, about four hundred miles around. It has a high, defended mountain… - مقام
الرملة
The city of al-Ramla in the Filastin jund; it did not exist before Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik — its site was a… - مقام
رمسلي
A city on the Dnestr river; the author gives twelve stages along the river to Zāqa. - مقام
رنج برك
A city in the land of Bābīr, with many houses, settled country, gardens and vineyards, set south of the… - مقام
الرقة
al-Raqqa on the Euphrates in the Jazira; Iyad ibn Ghanm took it by treaty after five days of siege — lives,… - مقام
رقادة
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رقوان
The only city of the Sīsiyān lands that the author says had been rebuilt amid the ruins. - مقام
رأس العين
Ra's al-Ayn — that is Ayn al-Warda — of the Jazira cities on the Khabur; it resisted Iyad ibn Ghanm, and… - مقام
رأس المحجمة
A high headland on the coast, passed by travellers overland, with pearl beds off its tip. - مقام
راسك
A city with two districts, whose sugar cane is plentiful; refined sugar is made there and carried to distant… - مقام
رشيد
A civilised town on the Nile with farms, wheat and barley, fine vegetables and fresh fruit, and much Nile… - مقام
راوند
A town of Isbahan's district; there lie the Graves of the Boon-Companions — three Kufans of al-Hajjaj's… - مقام
راور
Rawar, a Sind city; stormed by Muhammad ibn al-Qasim — a wife of Dahir there burned herself, her maids and… - مقام
ريغة
A village with long stretches of tilled land, orchards and a market, and running springs. - مقام
ريو
A small town of the Calabrian lands on the sea shore with much fruit and vegetables, seven miles from Messina… - مقام
ريشهر
Rayshahr of Sabur's land near Tawwaj; there al-Hakam and the marzban Shahrak fought fiercely — Sawwar killed… - مقام
الري
An ancient city near present-day Tehran, among the largest cities of the Persian lands in the Abbasid era;… - مقام
رينش
A large city with populous land, strong, with brisk markets and standing crafts, on the salt sea; about… - مقام
رودس
Island city held by the Knights Hospitaller; Mehmed II's siege of 1480 was repelled. - مقام
ريحا
Among the finest places of the Ghawr, one of its best sites; one stage from Jerusalem. - مقام
ريكة
A town at the foot of the Atlas, near Aghmat, with good soil and plenty of plants; a modest river crosses the… - مقام
ريشهر
A small but populated town with buildings, villages and farms, and a pulpit. - مقام
رندة
Ronda, the strong city west of Malaga; besieged in Jumada I 890 while its men were away relieving Cartama, it… - مقام
رطوماغش
A large, well-known city on the river in the land of Nurmandiya; the author places Bentiz thirty miles to the… - مقام
الروذان
A large city rich in produce and gains, with wealthy people and a populous district; in appearance it… - مقام
روذستو
A fine city on the road from Salūnī, which the author places near a major capital to the east. - مقام
رودس
In al-Baladhuri: among the most fertile islands, about sixty miles, with olives, vines, fruits and sweet… - مقام
رودس
An island in the Levantine sea; al-Idrisi gives one hundred miles from Nisil and three channels' distance to… - مقام
رغوصة
A fine, populous, inhabited city of Slavs who are raiders with ships; the last Slav land toward the west,… - مقام
الرخج
Rukhkhaj, the Sijistan region; by its road Ibn Samura mastered the lands as far as the Dawar country. - مقام
رومة
A great city with a stone wall, a river covered with copper slabs and a great church, and a palace of the… - مقام
رصافة هشام
Rusafat Hisham, Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik's estate in the Raqqa district; he founded it having earlier dwelt at… - مقام
روشية
A city on a great river, whose people the author describes as always ready for war; he gives twenty-seven… - مقام
الروسية
A large land with few towns and scattered settlements; the author says its people have constant raids and… - مقام
رستمباذ
A tract at Qazwin bought by Musa al-Hadi and endowed for the benefit of Madinat Musa whose building he… - مقام
رويست
A handsome, populous town without walls, three stages from Tarum. - مقام
الروذراور
A fine district and settled land, which al-Idrisi lists with Hamadhan, Nihawand and Burujird among the… - مقام
سعلا
A populous city on a riverbank with plentiful trade and close-set buildings, fourteen stages from Qabtu. - مقام
صاع
A small, pleasant city on a large river that cuts through its outskirts and passes between its houses. - مقام
صعدة
A cultured city in Yemen with tanneries where good leather is cured; the road to Sanaa runs from it. - مقام
سعال
A small populated town on Wadi al-Falaj, with many palms, gardens and orchards, watered from the river. - مقام
سبلان
Azerbaijan's great mountain holding the Sabalan Kurds; Hudhayfa's treaty barred exposing the land to the… - مقام
ساباط
place below al-Mada'in; in al-Baladhuri opened by Khalid ibn Urfuta on Sa'd's vanguard before his arrival. - مقام
سبيطلة
Once among the most pleasing cities of the region, with fine air, soil, gardens and orchards; al-Idrisi says… - مقام
صبرة
A city that was once a royal seat with palaces and houses; now in ruin with no hope of repair and no… - مقام
نهر سبو
A great river that rises far off and passes east of Fez, gathering the springs and streams of its valley. - مقام
سابور
Sabur of Fars; Uthman's aman-sulh of 23 or 24h after Shahrak's brother's dream — then the people's breach,… - مقام
سد مأرب
A great dam across the watercourse near the city of Marib, built with care by its people, who lived beside it… - مقام
سدوم
A large village with many springs and vineyards, and wells of water. - مقام
سدوسان
Sadusan of Sind; its samaniyya-brokered aman gave Muhammad ibn al-Qasim kharaj, hostages, and four thousand… - مقام
صافيتا
A fortress town in the coastal mountains of Syria — Castel Blanc of the Franks; Nur al-Din took it in 561. - مقام
صفروي
A small town where most people are farmers, with abundant crops and fresh water, two stages from Qal'at Mahdi. - مقام
سفوان
A valley in the Badr district; the Prophet reached it in Rabi' al-Awwal of 2 AH, pursuing Kurz ibn Jabir… - مقام
الصغانيان
al-Saghaniyan, the lands on the river's east bank; its folk joined the thirty-thousand Tukharistan mass… - مقام
جزيرة السحاب
An island named for the white cloud that hangs over it. A wind-driven column from the cloud meets the water… - مقام
جزيرة سهيلان
A large sandy island with no plants; people catch many black birds there; it lies in the Caspian near the Kur. - مقام
سكاوند
A town well peopled, seven days from Kabul, with snow in places and a cold climate. - مقام
سلى
A large city on the north bank of the Nile and a meeting point for Sudan trade, under the ruler of Takrur.… - مقام
صلاو
A city; the author gives one hundred miles east of Nārūs. - مقام
سلرنو
A great city with busy markets on the coast, near the harbour of Salerno, about twelve miles along the Sils… - مقام
سلماس
A town set back from Lake Kabudhan, with many boats crossing the lake, and with towns and pastures around it… - مقام
صلونيك
A large city, populous on land and sea, on a small gulf; twenty-five miles to Randhina, with busy markets, in… - مقام
سلوني
A city; the author gives fifty miles east of Fārūy and sixty miles to Rūdhistū. - مقام
سمندر
A city on a creek reached from Qashmir, with much grain and rice, about thirty miles from Kanja. - مقام
سمندر (بحر الخزر)
Once a great city built by Anushirwan with trees, vines and fields beyond description; the Rus tribe later… - مقام
سمنجان
A town at the foot of a mountain from which silver is gathered, two stages from Taliqan. - مقام
سمنود
A town in the Egyptian Delta on the Nile, which Ibn Battuta mentions on his way to Cairo. - مقام
سمرقند
Samarqand, the great city of Sughd; Sa'id ibn Uthman besieged it under oath not to stir till it opened, lost… - مقام
سامراء
City on the Tigris founded in 836 CE as the Abbasid capital, with the Great Mosque and its spiral minaret. - مقام
سمسطا
An estate-village about two miles from the main Nile, populated and with sugar-cane fields producing sugar… - مقام
سمنة
A town in Tajuwi land on the Nubian border. Travellers report that a governor sent by the Nubian king burned… - مقام
سميساط
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سمقندة
A pleasant town on the bank of the Nile, eight days from Saghmara and nine from Ghurbil. - مقام
سمورة
Chief town of the Jalaliqa realm, praised for its walls; al-Nasir's host of a hundred thousand met king… - مقام
صنعاء
Capital of Yemen, an early centre of Islam in the south of Arabia with a UNESCO-listed old city and a very… - مقام
جزيرة سناسا
An island facing Tarighyawqan with a well that, according to report, sends out burning fire which at times… - مقام
سنباط
A populated town with trade and profit on the western bank of the Nile, which al-Idrisi describes as wealthy… - مقام
سندان
A large, civilised city of wealthy travelling merchants with broad land, many fields, palms and coconuts; an… - مقام
صندى فولات
A large island with fresh water, crops and rice, ruled by a king named Zanbad, whose people wear cloth wraps.… - مقام
جزيرة صنف
An island near the coast a few miles from Qumar, where the best kind of oud is found. It has cattle,… - مقام
سنترية
A small town on the edge of the desert, with a pulpit, Berbers and settled Arabs. It drinks from few wells… - مقام
سقيفة بني ساعدة
The roofed hall of Banu Sa'ida where the Ansar met after the Prophet's death and Abu Bakr was acclaimed;… - مقام
سراييفو
Bosnian city founded by the Ottomans in the 15th century, with the 16th-century Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque. - مقام
سرخس
Sarakhs of Khurasan; fought by Ibn Khazim till its marzban Zadhuya truced on a hundred men's aman and the… - مقام
سرنديب
A large island in the Indian Ocean ruled by a very wealthy king. The author says it has gems, rubies and… - مقام
سردانية
A large island of many mountains and mines, with a populous city in its south and silver deposits; al-Idrisi… - مقام
صرفند
A place on the coast, twenty miles from the preceding point along the shore, with some settlement. - مقام
سارية
A Tabaristan town; Yazid ibn al-Muhallab raided it with Jilan on his way to Dihistan. - مقام
السرجة
A small town on the Yemeni coast, inhabited by a group of the Awlad al-Halbi, who are Yemeni merchants most… - مقام
سرقسطة
A city of the Arnit district of al-Andalus, named by al-Idrisi with Wasqa and Tutaila, in the north-east of… - مقام
سروان
A small town with broad land, farms and districts, and many vineyards, lying some distance from Bust. - مقام
ساترودان
An Azerbaijani tract holding the Satrudan Kurds, covered by the no-exposure clause of Hudhayfa's treaty with… - مقام
ساوة
a Jibal city; in al-Baladhuri, where Layla al-Akhyaliyya died and was buried on her way to al-Hajjaj's Rayy… - مقام
ساوندرا
Sawandra of Sind; its folk won aman on hosting and guiding the Muslims — Muslims today. - مقام
سوار
A town near Bulghār with wooden buildings, where its people take shelter. - مقام
الصوضالي (العوضلي)
The dynastic title of a tribe and a district of about 2,000 square kilometres and 10,000 inhabitants in the… - مقام
صول
A large village with markets, palms and fruit, at the mouth of the canal called Khalij al-Manha. The author… - مقام
صونو
A city of the Magians on the coast; the author gives seventy miles from Madsūna. - مقام
السوسقان
A place of many gardens and pleasant spaces, with running water and orchards, twelve miles from Marw. - مقام
سيالة
A halt on the pilgrim road about thirty-four miles from al-Ruwaytha, with sweet drinking water. - مقام
صيداء
A city on the salt sea named after a woman of pre-Islamic times, cheap, ringed by orchards and trees, where a… - مقام
صَيْهَد
The great waste of Yemen also called al-Gha'it — al-Hamdani traces it branching off the Dahna by the Yamama… - مقام
السيلة
A civilised city with standing markets and permanent buildings on the sea coast, on the left as one enters… - مقام
الصيمرة
city of Mihrajanqadhaf; in al-Baladhuri taken by al-Sa'ib ibn al-Aqra' on Abu Musa's mission — blood spared,… - مقام
صيمور
A handsome city of fine buildings with coconut palms and a fragrant plant carried to every land. - مقام
سطيف
A large, populous fortress two stages south of Bijaya, with fruit trees of many kinds and fragrant produce… - مقام
إشبيلية
Spanish city known in Arabic as Ishbiliya, a major city of al-Andalus and a capital under the Almohads. - مقام
صفاقس
A city on the Tunisian coast, which Ibn Battuta mentions on his way to Tripoli. - مقام
شبرة
A bright village about five miles from its neighbour, where al-Idrisi says a famous fine honey is made. - مقام
شبرونة
A large, important city with many resources, busy markets and streets, tall houses and fertile land; the… - مقام
شبوة
An old Himyarite city between Bayhan and Hadramawt with a salt mountain whose second ridge belonged to… - مقام
شذخو
A city on the eastern sea, four stages from Baja and nine from Bashhiyar, with a further stretch of four… - مقام
الشاذروان
A great dam built in front of Tustar in the water channel by Sasanian rulers, faced with stone; al-Idrisi… - مقام
شهذروج
A notable, populous city in the middle of a large island in a lake, with markets and crafts; the author… - مقام
شهرزور
A city on Iraq's upper flank toward the mountain; Uzra ibn Qays failed at it and Utba ibn Farqad took it… - مقام
شَكَر
A mountain of the people of Jurash in Yemen where Surad ibn Abdullah al-Azdi turned on his pursuers and… - مقام
شامة
A small town in Zaghawa country, like a large village. Most of its people moved to Kawkaw, sixteen stages… - مقام
جزيرة شامل
A populated island at the far end of the Sanf sea, four days from the coastal city of Sanf. Many people live… - مقام
شمكور (المتوكلية)
an ancient city of Arran taken by Salman's man, ruined by the Sawardiyya, then rebuilt by Bugha mawla of… - مقام
شنشا
A handsome town of many trees and farms with abundant produce, lying on the way down toward al-Buhat. - مقام
شنت ياقوب
A great church visited by Christians from every side, fine in build and wide in its courts, with much gold… - مقام
شنت مارية
A medium-sized town on the Atlantic coast with a harbour the tide enters, where ships come and go; about… - مقام
شنترة
Xativa — whose wheat and barley, says Ibn al-Yasa', are reaped forty days after sowing and whose apples span… - مقام
شنطوف
A town at the point where the Nile divides into two arms; two great canals leave from there and run to Tinnis… - مقام
الشقيف أرنون
Beaufort castle above the Litani in the Tiberias district — taken by Farrukhshah in 578, handed back to the… - مقام
الشاقة
A town on the sea coast with wide open ground, which in al-Idrisi's time was the mother of the districts,… - مقام
شقر
A town of fine ground with many people, on the main road, about three stages from Valencia. - مقام
شقوبية
Joined villages rather than a city; its people ride horses, the buildings are close together, the people are… - مقام
شرهام
A notable, civilised city with building and construction, on the sea; the author gives sixty miles from… - مقام
شرمة
A town on the Yemeni coast, one day from Lasa, with hot springs like those of Lasa. - مقام
شرشال
The ancient city facing Milyana on the mid-western coast, said to be the ship-seizing king's own; al-Umari… - مقام
شاطبة
A town whose beauty and strength are proverbial, where fine paper is made and shipped to East and West;… - مقام
شط عثمان
Shatt Uthman at Basra — Uthman ibn Abi al-As al-Thaqafi bought it from Caliph Uthman for his Ta'if money, or,… - مقام
شعب أبي طالب
A ravine at Mecca where Banu Hashim and Banu al-Muttalib, believers and unbelievers alike, were confined with… - مقام
شبام
A city in the Hadramawt land, with another town about one stage away. Both lie along the route inland from… - مقام
شكلة
One of the finest fortresses, on the best ground, populous and rich, with gardens bearing every fruit and a… - مقام
شلطيش
A town on an island about a mile long, without a wall or enclosure, with a market and an ironworking trade… - مقام
شمشاط
Shimshat (Arsamosata) — the fourth Armenia — of the Jaziran frontier; Habib ibn Maslama al-Fihri and Safwan… - مقام
شيراز
A city in southern Iran, birthplace of the poets Sa'di and Hafez, and a centre of learning and literature. - مقام
الشيرجان
al-Shirjan, chief city of Kirman; Mujashi' ibn Mas'ud took it by storm after days of siege and a horse-sally,… - مقام
شروسان
A large city with many springs and streams; its people have a modest living, and its trade and goods are good. - مقام
شروان
Shirwan of the Caucasian lands beyond Arran; Qubadh's general trod what lay between the river al-Rass and… - مقام
جبال شروين
The Shirwin mountains of Tabaristan — its most impregnable and hardest, thickest in jungle and thicket —… - مقام
إشكودرة
Lake-side fortress city in Albania, besieged by the Ottomans under Mehmed II in 1474. - مقام
شومان
Shuman of Khurasan; opened by al-Mufaddal ibn al-Muhallab in his governorship. - مقام
شنيل
A fine town with a wonderfully built bridge, busy markets, standing shops and gardens, about thirty-five… - مقام
شوزاص
A large, populous city with fine markets, settled houses and many vineyards and trees; the author gives… - مقام
سبيبة
An ancient city with a strong stone wall and a suburb of markets, watered by a large running spring that… - مقام
جبل شلير
The snowy mountain called Shilir; the author says it is two days long, holds snow in winter and summer, and… - مقام
صِفِّين
A plain on the Euphrates in northern Syria where Muawiya camped first and cut the water from Ali's army; Ali… - مقام
مجلماسة
A desert town near the Lamtuna lands and the caravan route to Sudan. About forty days by caravan from Sala… - مقام
سجستان
a province; in al-Baladhuri, whose king honored the fugitive Yazdgard until asked for kharaj he feigned… - مقام
سيكلة
A large city on low ground, with well-set quarters and busy markets, which the author places at the centre of… - مقام
السيلا
Al-Sila — the gold-rich land beyond China - مقام
سلابرس
A notable city on the east bank of a river that flows to the sea; the author gives sixty miles by land from… - مقام
شلب
Silves (Shalb) — capital of the Kura of Ossonoba in western al-Andalus, 'a fine seat with towns and… - مقام
سمنجان
Siminjan of Tukharistan; alone of its lands it resisted Qays ibn al-Haytham's march and was besieged and… - مقام
السند
al-Sind, India's seaboard; Hakim ibn Jabala's verdict to Uthman — scant water, worthless fruit, a trifling… - مقام
سندابور
A city on a large creek where ships anchor, with buildings and a good trade. - مقام
سندان
Sindan on India's coast; al-Fadl ibn Mahan's conquest and Muslim seat with its caliph-praising jami' — his… - مقام
سينيز
A town near the sea, where al-Idrisi says a product called al-Sinizi is made; nothing equals it in quality.… - مقام
صينية الصين
A city matched by none in size and building, to which merchants gather from every land; the great king of… - مقام
سنجار
A town in northern Iraq on the Jazira road, which Ibn Battuta passed through on his way from Nasibin to Mosul. - مقام
سن سميرة
an eastern turret of the Jibal where the raiding Muslims sheltered; named for Sumayra, a Dubba woman of the… - مقام
صقلية
In al-Baladhuri: an island in the sea first raided by Mu'awiya ibn Khudayj al-Kindi in Mu'awiya ibn Abi… - مقام
سيقلاو
A large, fine city with buildings and markets on the bank of a river; the author says its land has deposits… - مقام
سيراف
Siraf on Fars's coast; in one telling its Surayanj fort is where the Muslim slave's arrow-aman was written,… - مقام
السيرجان
A fortified city built of stone for lack of timber, where governors and officials stay; its wealthy people… - مقام
صرت
A town on sandy ground two miles from the sea, with remnants of palms but no olives and many figs; its wells… - مقام
صرواح
Capital of the Sabaean mukarribs in the centuries before 650 BCE in al-Raheeq al-Makhtum's reckoning; its… - مقام
السيسجان
of the first Armenia's lands; its people fought Habib ibn Maslama, who routed them, took Ways and compounded… - مقام
سيسر
the Jibal city between Hamadhan, al-Dinawar and Adharbayjan; in al-Baladhuri built by Sulayman ibn Qayrat and… - مقام
سيسيان
One of the sixteen cities of the Kimak kings, which al-Idrisi names with Buragh, Manan and Mustanah; twelve… - مقام
سيوري حصار
Town in Anatolia named in the Juha introduction as the birthplace of Nasreddin Hoca; the edition gives it as… - مقام
سقطرى
A large island with many trees, mostly aloe, which the islanders harvest. Al-Idrisi says its people are… - مقام
صحار
A city on the shore of the Gulf, among the wealthiest in Oman both in the past and in al-Idrisi's day;… - مقام
سوسة
A city on the Tunisian coast, which Ibn Battuta passed through on his journey. - مقام
سوبارة
A civilised city about a mile and a half from the sea, a port of India with fisheries and pearl beds; the… - مقام
السغد
al-Sughd, the Transoxanian land whose greatest city is Samarqand; its folk joined the Turks, Kish and Nasaf… - مقام
سحيم
A fortified stronghold whose people, according to al-Idrisi, are strong and proud. - مقام
سوخ
A town set apart with sixty villages in a single district; mercury is extracted from it. - مقام
سليمانان
A fine-looking town on the Tigris with much meat and provision. - مقام
سميساط
Sumaysat (Samosata) on the Euphrates in the Jazira; Iyad sent Safwan ibn al-Mu'attal and Habib ibn Maslama… - مقام
سيومة
A fertile island with many crops, grains and birds, and plenty of coconuts. Joined to another populated… - مقام
سوق الأحد
In al-Baladhuri: a site in Ifriqiya where Harish and his companions were killed after their rout from… - مقام
سوق الأهواز
Suq al-Ahwaz, the chief town of al-Ahwaz — al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba raided it, its dahqan Piruz truced on money… - مقام
سوق الأربعاء
A fine town with a famous market that draws people from the district, rich in goods and trade, one stage from… - مقام
سوق أسد
Village and market at Kufa; in al-Baladhuri founded by Asad ibn Abdallah al-Qasri, Khalid's brother, who… - مقام
سوق إبراهيم
A populated town on the bank of the Shelif river, one stage from Ghazza. - مقام
سوق يوسف
Market at al-Hira; in al-Baladhuri named for Yusuf ibn Umar ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hakam ibn Abi Aqil al-Thaqafi… - مقام
سقماقية
A city on a mountain top with farms and resources, run by its elders and chiefs, which the author places east… - مقام
سقوسية
A long island north of the large island, without buildings or villages; the author gives its length as one… - مقام
مرسى السقية
A populated village on the coast three stages from al-Sirin, serving as a resting place for ships. - مقام
صور
A populated town on the shore of the Gulf in Oman, with fishing and drinking water from wells. - مقام
صور (لبنان)
A city on the coast with anchorage and departure for ships, walled on three sides. - مقام
سراوس
A town on the river Shurya, a river of many benefits rising in the Ashlub mountains and flowing into the lake… - مقام
سرقوسة
One of the famous cities of Sicily, visited by merchants from every land; it has two harbours, the northern… - مقام
سرق
Surraq of al-Ahwaz; taken on Ramhurmuz's terms, betrayed, Haritha ibn Badr's army repulsed, and Abdallah ibn… - مقام
السوس الأدنى
Sus al-Adna, the province beyond Tangier — some twenty-odd days short of Sus al-Aqsa; Uqba ibn Nafi' roamed… - مقام
السوس الأقصى
In al-Baladhuri: the farthest Sus at the Maghreb's far end; Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib ibn Abi Ubayda ibn Uqba… - مقام
السوس (خوزستان)
A civilised city with every good thing, palms and much sugar cane made into sugar, and known for fruit and… - مقام
سوسة الصين
A famous city in eastern China with continuous buildings, known for Chinese porcelain and embroidered silks. - مقام
السويس
Two towns that stood at Qulzum, now mostly in ruins; al-Idrisi says their people drank from the Suways… - مقام
تبالة
A small town in the Makkan districts, with flowing springs, many palms and gardens, lying in a hollow among… - مقام
طبرستان
a province; in al-Baladhuri, whose marzban offered its fastness to Yazdgard at Isbahan before he turned aside… - مقام
طبرية
The great city of the Jordan, as al-Idrisi calls it, ninety miles from Jerusalem and two light days from Acre. - مقام
طبرمين
A lofty town among the old famous forts, with many tuna fisheries; one stage from Messina along the coast. - مقام
طبرقة
A harbour on the coast seventy miles from Banzart, which Andalusian ships visit. - مقام
الطبس
A city with palms and mud-brick buildings, drinking from water brought in from outside, on the edge of the… - مقام
طبنة
A city of abundant water, orchards, crops and cotton, with crafts and trade; two stages from al-Musayla. - مقام
تبريز
A city in northwestern Iran; it was the Ilkhanid capital, then an early Safavid capital. - مقام
تبوك
Town in northwest Arabia, the furthest point of the Prophet's expedition of 630 CE toward the Byzantine… - مقام
تادلة
A town of many buildings, on a busy caravan route, whose people grow much cotton that is carried to every… - مقام
تدلس
A fortified city on a height with a strong wall, houses and gardens; prices and food are cheap there. Four… - مقام
تدمر
The desert city between Iraq and Sham, six days from Damascus side, counted by al-Umari among the famous… - مقام
تاهرت
A city four stages from the sea which, in the past, was two large towns, one old and walled on a hilltop. - مقام
تاهرت
In al-Baladhuri: a Maghreb city near which Muhammad ibn al-Aghlab ibn Ibrahim founded in year 239 a city he… - مقام
الطائف
Hill town southeast of Mecca, visited by the Prophet in 619 CE and besieged in 630 CE. - مقام
تاجوة
The seat of the land of the Tajuwi, a people the author describes as Magian. Their land borders Nubia.… - مقام
تكرور
A city south of the Nile, about two days from Sala, larger and busier than Sala. Merchants from the far… - مقام
طلبيرة
A city on the bank of the Tagus, which al-Idrisi calls the most handsome of the lands, with well-arranged… - مقام
الطالقان
al-Talaqan of Khurasan; taken by sulh under al-Ahnaf after the Tukharistan battle. - مقام
تملمة
A small town in the land of Kawar on a small hill within a rugged mountain. It has palms and livestock, no… - مقام
تامدفوس
A small ruined town, with part of its wall standing, ancient remains and stone idols; eighteen miles east of… - مقام
طميسة
A Tabaristan town; Sa'id ibn al-As took it in the 29 AH raid with the village of Namna. - مقام
تانه
Tana, an Indian seaboard post; raided from Uman under Uthman ibn Abi al-As — Umar's rebuke: 'you set worms… - مقام
تانه (الهند)
A coastal town on a large creek entered by ships, whose land yields cane and chalk-like product carried to… - مقام
تنس
An ancient city on the salt sea, on a plain, drinking from a spring, one stage from Baja. - مقام
تنيسبر
A fine city rich in produce on the south bank of the river Tisia; the author gives four stages from… - مقام
طنجة
Tangier, the far-Maghreb city on the sea; Musa ibn Nusayr opened it in his governorship of Ifriqiya and… - مقام
جبل طنطنة
A mountain around which the Azqar pasture; springs and grazing lie at its foot. The author reports a good… - مقام
تنومة
A populated island with fresh water, rice and coconuts, and a pearl-diving ground. Oud and camphor grow… - مقام
تاقررت
A handsome, populous town, more densely settled than the Banu Ziyad lands, about ten miles from Meknes. - مقام
طرابلس الغرب
City on Libya's Mediterranean coast, one of the principal cities of the Islamic Maghrib, distinguished from… - مقام
طرابلس (الغرب)
A fortified city with a wall of white stone, handsome streets and well-made markets, with olives, figs, palms… - مقام
طرابلس (الشام)
A great city with a strong wall, rich in olives, fruit and grains; al-Idrisi describes it as a stronghold of… - مقام
طرندة
Taranda (Taranta), a fortress lying in Byzantine country three stages from Malatya; the Muslims settled it… - مقام
طرويا
A populous city in the inner land of the Qumans; the author gives one hundred miles south of Ṣalāw. - مقام
الطاربند
al-Tarband, the Shash king's seat; from it he answered Sughd's summons with his fighters, and Qutayba broke… - مقام
ترفة
An estate-village with palaces some distance from the main Nile, populated and with sugar-cane fields. Sugar… - مقام
طريفة
The city on the Strait named for Tarif — Musa ibn Nusayr's Berber client who raided the coast with Julian of… - مقام
طريغيوقن
A city on the sea facing the island of Sanasa, on a salt-water channel, six stages from Qatighura. - مقام
تريم
A great city of Hadramawt in al-Hamdani's register of the valley's towns, listed after Shabwa and before… - مقام
ترير
An Azerbaijani town, once a village with a crumbling old palace, settled by Mu'awiya ibn Amr al-Mawsili… - مقام
طرجينس
A stronghold overlooking the district, with continuous farms and buildings, a populated and overlooking rise;… - مقام
طارنت
A large, ancient and fine city with markets, merchants and travellers, from which ships take cargo; it has a… - مقام
طركونة
A strong, well-defended city with a marble wall and a few Romans; fifty miles from Tortosa in al-Idrisi's… - مقام
طرسوس
Tarsus, greatest city of the Syrian marches; it lay in ruins after its people's evacuation in the conquest… - مقام
تارودنت
A city in Sus al-Aqsa surrounded by many villages, with varied fruit and sugar cane; al-Idrisi praises the… - مقام
تساوة
A town in Fezzan near Jarma, with wells and palms. The author notes a silver mine on a mountain some three… - مقام
تشمس
A great town once full of markets and profit, on the Safdad river about a mile from the sea; wars wore it… - مقام
تاورة
A civilised, populous town with markets, abundant produce and fruit, and water passing through its houses. - مقام
الطواويس
A populous town inside the walls of Bukhara, with the largest pulpit in the district, visited by people and… - مقام
تاودا
A town that once stood on its own; the Masmuda destroyed its walls, and later people resettled it and farmed… - مقام
تاورت
A large, populated village whose people drink from springs dug in a valley that comes down from the mountains. - مقام
توج
Tawwaj of Ardashir-Khurra's land in Fars; opened by al-Hakam — or Uthman — ibn Abi al-As in 19h, its mosques… - مقام
تيماء
A populated fortress and ancient settlement with a rushing spring and many palms, three days from the… - مقام
الثعلبية
A desert town where caravans gather, which al-Idrisi lists among the stops on the road between Kufa and the… - مقام
ثابون
A fortified city on a mountain top with much fertility, in the land of the Bulghars, with the mountain Qūqāyā… - مقام
ثنية المرار
A mountain pass on the road from Medina to Mecca, near Jabal al-Marar, which pilgrims took on their way to… - مقام
ثنية الوداع
A mountain pass overlooking Medina trodden by anyone bound for Mecca, in the editors' reckoning; the Prophet… - مقام
جزيرة ثارة
A small island off Subara, with a few palms. - مقام
ثيودورو
Crimean highland principality seat at Mangup, taken by Gedik Ahmed Pasha for Mehmed II in 1475. - مقام
ثينخ
A fortified town in Tibet with a stone wall and a single gate, with much trade with its neighbours. - مقام
التبت
The land of Tibet, linked to al-Khuttal and Wakhsh; its people trade in iron, silver and the Tibetan musk,… - مقام
تيفاش
An old city built of stone and lime with a running spring; its main crop is barley; one stage from al-Arbus. - مقام
تفليس
on the Kura in the district of Jurzan al-Qirmiz; Habib ibn Maslama wrote its people a peace securing selves,… - مقام
تهامة
A low coastal land between the Red Sea and the mountains of Yemen, running from the Qulzum coast to Aden in… - مقام
تكريت
Town on the Tigris; in al-Baladhuri raided by al-Nusayr and Hudhayfa ibn Mihsan after the Day of the Bridge,… - مقام
تلملة
A small town of Kawar, one day from Ibzar, with little water and few palms but good dates. Its alum mine is… - مقام
تمبكتو
A city in Mali on the edge of the desert; it was a centre of Islamic learning in the Middle Ages and holds… - مقام
تنبغ
The chief city of the Taghazghaz Turks, a great walled city; al-Idrisi says its people are Magians who… - مقام
تينجس
A small town with an earthen wall, drinking from springs, with abundant crops; one stage from al-Arbus. - مقام
تنّيس
Tinnis, a lower-Egypt city; Amr ibn al-As sent Umayr ibn Wahb al-Jumahi to it with Dimyat, Tuna, Damira,… - مقام
تقيوس
A town about twenty miles from al-Hamma, with fine tender vegetables and crops. - مقام
الترمذ
al-Tirmidh on the Jayhun; the Khatun's sulh won from Sa'id ibn Uthman sitting on it, then its king's shelter… - مقام
تيرقى
A large city with many people, without walls or enclosure. It obeys the ruler of Ghana, who hears its… - مقام
تيتلوس
A populous city on the river to the east, with wealthy people and herds, bordering the land of Isqalūniya. - مقام
طيزناباذ
Estate in the Sawad; in al-Baladhuri granted by Uthman to al-Ash'ath ibn Qays al-Kindi. - مقام
تلمسان
Algerian city, capital of the Zayyanid kingdom (1235-1554) and a centre of Maghrebi scholarship. - مقام
طرطوشة
A strong city on a mountain slope with a sturdy wall, where large ships are built from the pine timber of its… - مقام
طرناي
A well-built, civilised city in the land of Lubān with districts, villages and settlements; the author gives… - مقام
ما وراء النهر
Historic region of Central Asia between the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, a major centre of Islamic… - مقام
طرابنش
A town on the west coast of Sicily, mentioned by Ibn Jubayr on his sea route. - مقام
أطرابزندة
A fine city on the coast that was once a trading centre and destination for merchants; the author gives nine… - مقام
طرابلس الشام
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كورة تدمير
The south-eastern kura of al-Andalus named for its lord Tudmir, its capital Orihuela; wholly taken by treaty… - مقام
طوغما
A large city from which many goods are shipped and many trades are supplied; eight stages from Siniyyat… - مقام
طغورا
A medium-sized city with ample buildings on a mountain; the author gives six stages from Suqmāqiya. - مقام
طحا
A well-known town below al-Ushmunayn, famous for woollen hangings and blankets named after it. The author… - مقام
طوخا
A populous city where the Tukhi silk garments are made, six days from Isqiriya. - مقام
طخارستان
A region south of Balkh, whose towns include Khulm, Samangan, Baghlan and Talaqan, linked to Badakhshan. - مقام
توكرة
A large palace on the road, with cultivated land around it; two stages from Qafiz. - مقام
طليطلة
Toledo, the Gothic capital of al-Andalus on the Tagus; Tariq ibn Ziyad took it and seized there the great… - مقام
طلميثة
A good fortress with a wall, ten miles from Qumanis. - مقام
تومشكت
Tumushkat beyond the river; campaigned by Qutayba with Karminiya in 88h and brought to sulh. - مقام
تونين
A village at the start of a broad plain that takes two stages to cross, inhabited by Berber tribes. - مقام
تونس
Capital of Tunisia, passed through by Ibn Battuta on his journey from the Maghrib to the East. The book… - مقام
تونكث
A large city, the capital of Ilaq, with two strong walls, many gates and markets; water runs through its… - مقام
ترشيز
A city of the Nishapur district, populated, walled and ditched, with gardens and trade; two stages from… - مقام
تروبي
A city in the land of the Rus, which the author mentions on the road between Zāqa and Ghalīsiya. - مقام
طوس
Tus of Khurasan; its marzban Kanazbak compounded it with Ibn Amir at six hundred thousand dirhams. - مقام
تستر
In al-Baladhuri: a town where Jaban massed in a great host; Khalid sent al-Muthanna ibn Haritha and Hanzala… - مقام
توتس
Tutus, a town of Ifriqiya; Zuhayr ibn Qays al-Balawi opened it in his governorship for Abd al-Aziz ibn… - مقام
الطويران
A fortified city with gardens and open spaces, capital of a valley of fields and buildings, near Fahraj in… - مقام
تويوين
A town in the Sus lands, with vineyards, trees and many kinds of fruit, between Tarudant and the other… - مقام
أبدة
A small town near the great river, between Jayyan and Basta, with fertile land and useful crops. - مقام
ابدة
A small city near the great river, seven miles east of Baeza, with farms and large crops of wheat and barley. - مقام
الأبلة
al-Ubulla, Basra's port on the Tigris; Suwayd ibn Qutba helped Khalid ibn al-Walid fight its people when he… - مقام
عذيب
A stage on the route from Jidda, at the foot of a mountain, with a well. - مقام
جبل أحد
Mountain just north of Medina, below which the Battle of Uhud was fought in 625 CE. - مقام
أوج
A town on the bank of Lake Buruan, drinking from the lake, with markets and crafts sufficient for its needs;… - مقام
عكبراء
Town on the Tigris; in al-Baladhuri its people were safe-conducted by al-Nusayr and brought food and fodder… - مقام
ألّيس
In al-Baladhuri: a Sawad town — one copy reads al-Lays — against which a great host came out, met by… - مقام
أم ربيع
A large river running over rocks and boulders, crossed by boats, with the village of Umm Rabi' on its bank;… - مقام
عقبة الجارود
Uqbat al-Jarud, the pass between Jarra and Shiraz — al-Jarud al-Abdi lagged at dawn for a need with his… - مقام
أور (آر)
A town on the west bank of the Euphrates near Kufa, the origin of Ibrahim, ancestor of the Arabized Arabs, in… - مقام
أوريولة
A town on a river the boats enter, with a fortified citadel, markets and estates; twenty miles from the sea… - مقام
أرمية
An ancient city of Azerbaijan which the Magians claim as their prophet Zarathustra's home; Sadaqa ibn Ali ibn… - مقام
أورشت
Urusht of Farghana; opened by Salih ibn Muslim, breached, and last retaken by Nuh ibn Asad under al-Mansur. - مقام
عسفان
A village on the road from Medina to Makkah, near Khulays, mentioned by Ibn Battuta and Ibn Jubayr on their… - مقام
أوش
A fine town on the bank of a river with a strong wall joined to the city wall and a fine citadel, on the… - مقام
أشروسنة
Ushrusana beyond the river between Samarqand and al-Shash; campaigned by Qutayba ibn Muslim. - مقام
عيون الطف
Springs on the Sawad's fringe — Ayn al-Sayd, al-Qutqutana, al-Ruhayma, Ayn Jamal and their sisters; in… - مقام
أزين
Uzayn in Hind; raided by al-Junayd's armies with al-Maliba and Baharmad, whose suburbs they burned. - مقام
بلنسية
Valencia, the great city of eastern al-Andalus; held for the Almoravids by the qadi Ibn Jahhaf, taken by… - مقام
بلش مالقة
Velez-Malaga — first of the east-Malaga cities to fall in the final war; it went over to the captive sultan's… - مقام
خليج البنادقة (الأدرياتيكي)
One of two gulfs branching from the Syrian sea. It starts east of Calabria near Adrat, runs north along the… - مقام
بجانة
A city that was famous before Almeria; its people moved to Almeria, which grew while Vera declined, leaving… - مقام
فلورا (أولونيا)
A town of southern Albania on the bay of the same name, called Aulon in antiquity and Awlonya by the… - مقام
أرض وبار
The lost land in the sands of 'Alij where Wabar's people perished — in the tellers' account once earth's most… - مقام
ودّان
A land of palm groves stretching west and north. The author says it was once thickly settled, but after Islam… - مقام
ودان
A place between Makkah and Medina, near al-Abwa', twenty-nine miles from Rabigh on the Medina side; the… - مقام
وادي العلاقي
A valley in Beja land with many people, to which the Upper Egyptians and the Beja come. It has sweet wells,… - مقام
وادي العلاقي
Wadi al-Allaki, a valley in Lower Nubia between the Nile and the Red Sea coast, 62 miles south of Aswan. In… - مقام
وادي الفلج
A valley carried by the al-Falaj river, two days' journey across the desert from Mahar, with two small… - مقام
وادي الحجارة
A strong, pleasant town with fine markets and buildings, a congregational mosque, and a small river to its… - مقام
وادي المُشَقَّق
A valley on the Prophet's road back from Tabuk holding a little water that issued from a trickle. - مقام
وادي القرى
A valley of villages north of Medina on the Syrian road; Zayd ibn Haritha fought Banu Fazara there twice,… - مقام
وادي آش
A medium-sized town with a ring of walls and a small year-round stream running through it, on the road about… - مقام
وادي برهوت
A fire-vent of Hadramawt and the Shihr lands, named among the earth's atmas — springs of fire welling from… - مقام
وادي حنين
A deep, hollow valley in the Tihama lowlands between Mecca and Ta'if with narrow gorges where the Hawazin… - مقام
وادي محسر
A valley between Mina and Muzdalifa. Al-Azraqi reports that the distance from the Jamrat al-Aqaba to Wadi… - مقام
وهران
A city on the coast with a well-built earthen wall, set markets and crafts; it faces Almeria on the… - مقام
وجاه
A Tabaristan fortress where Jurjan's marzban fortified against Yazid, ringed by thickets and jungle; seven… - مقام
ولاشجرد
A small, populous and densely built town on the Hormuz road, one stage from Mughun. - مقام
والبة
A self-sufficient, populous city on a river; the author gives four stages south of Tanīsbur. - مقام
جزائر الواق واق
A chain of islands which al-Idrisi says connects with the Sila islands, beyond which no one knows. He reports… - مقام
وارقلان
A town the author places thirty-one stages from Awdaghast. He says the Zaghawa bring wheat to it from there,. - مقام
ورثان
An Azerbaijani bridge-town like the Wahsh and Arshaf bridges of Babak's days; Marwan ibn Muhammad built and… - مقام
واشجرد
A town of good size with many prosperous people, known for much saffron, the best crop of its district. - مقام
وشقة
A fine civilised city with a wall and markets, standing and busy, fifty miles from Sarqusta. - مقام
واسط
A garrison city founded by al-Hajjaj in year 83 or 84; in al-Baladhuri he built its mosque, palace and Green… - مقام
وَيْص
a fortress in the Sisajan built by Anushirwan, taken by Habib ibn Maslama after he routed the land's people. - مقام
وزان
Wazan on the Sijistan road; its folk fled before Ibn Samura, who took it. - مقام
حائط البراق
The Western Wall of the Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem, called al-Buraq wall by Muslims and the Wailing Wall by… - مقام
شيآن
A Chinese city that was the ancient capital of China and the end of the Silk Road; its Great Mosque dates its… - مقام
يافا
A town on the Mediterranean coast about twenty miles from Ramla, with a harbour. - مقام
يلل
A town with good farmland and thriving crops, one stage from al-Mu'askar. - مقام
ينبع
Red Sea port on the Hejaz coast, long the port of Medina. - مقام
اليرموك
A river between Filastin and al-Urdunn on whose banks the great battle of the Yarmuk was fought in Rajab year… - مقام
يزد
A populous city of low prices, about thirty miles east of Kath, on the edge of a desert that joins the… - مقام
اليمن
The southwest corner of Arabia, homeland of the Qahtani Arabs and seat of the successive Sabaean, Himyarite,… - مقام
زبيد
Yemeni coastal town, a centre of Islamic learning in the later Middle Ages and a UNESCO World Heritage site… - مقام
زابل
Zabil of Sijistan; taken by compact with Bust under Abd al-Rahman ibn Samura. - مقام
زابلستان
Zabulistan, the land south of Kabul and Sijistan; taken by Ibn Samura after its people broke, with captives —… - مقام
ظفار
Once the capital of Yahsub and home to the famous Rayban palace, it is now largely in ruins, with a few of… - مقام
ظفار قصبة يخصب
A city that was Zafar, capital of Yakhsub in Yemen. Al-Idrisi mentions it in his account of distances from… - مقام
ظفار الحموض
A city on the coast of the Indian Ocean, the last of Yemen's lands on this coast according to Ibn Battuta,… - مقام
زغاوة
A town with many people, surrounded by Zaghawa tribes who herd camels. Their water comes from wells and their… - مقام
زاغول
Zaghul of Marw al-Rudh at al-Shawsa; there al-Muhallab died returning from Kish and Nasaf, his illness begun… - مقام
زالع
A city on the coast of Abyssinia, on the sea that joins the Red Sea. Many people live there and ships bring… - مقام
زالة
A town with a strong fortress, nine days from a place called Marat, eight days from Wadan and ten from… - مقام
زالق
Zaliq, the Sijistan fortress five farsakhs from the capital; raided by al-Rabi' on Mihrjan, its dahqan… - مقام
الزالقان
A city some distance from Bust, with a wall, markets, running water, palms and vineyards; similar in size to… - مقام
زم
A town nearly as large as Amul, with buildings, fields, trade and crafts, on the road of travellers to… - مقام
زماخر
A city on the west bank of the Nile, above the mouth of the al-Manhi branch. The author describes it as well… - مقام
زامين
A populous, strong town with a wall, twenty-seven miles from Samarqand. - مقام
زندورد
In al-Baladhuri: a town of Kaskar — one copy reads Zandarud — which Khalid ibn al-Walid passed and opened on… - مقام
زنجان
A town in Qazwin's marches; al-Bara' ibn Azib took it by force after Qazwin's treaty and his raids on Daylam,… - مقام
زنجبار
An island off the East African coast, an Islamic trading centre of Swahili culture; the Sultanate of Oman… - مقام
زاقة
A city in the land of the Rus; the author gives one hundred and eighty miles to Turūbī. - مقام
زرند
A town on the edge of the great desert, with fertility, farming and tanneries, where the Zarandi linings are… - مقام
زرنج
Zaranj, the great city of Sijistan; besieged by al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad its marzban Aparwiz truced for a thousand… - مقام
زرود
Zarud and Raml Zarud are two sites on the Iraqi road at the end of al-Harra, on the left of the road.… - مقام
زوادة
A large city with much building; the author says the land is known through it, and gives a distance to Alba. - مقام
زويلة
Zawila, a town of the Maghreb between Barqa and Fazzan; Uqba ibn Nafi' al-Fihri reached it in his first… - مقام
زبطرة
Zibatra, an old Roman fortress of the frontier; Habib ibn Maslama took it with the old fortress of al-Hadath… - مقام
زفتة
A large village adjoining Shantuf, fifteen miles from Shalaqan, with a market serving the villages around it. - مقام
زبالة
Once a town, now neither a city nor a fortress; a halt where travellers on the Hijaz road rest. - مقام
زويلة
A town north of Wadan. The author says it was named after the man who built it and settled there with his… - مقام
الزوزن
A town with busy markets, fine and strong, three stages from Qayn. - ریاست
مملكة قشتالة
Draft card for the Kingdom of Castile, the Christian kingdom that was al-Andalus's greatest counterpart —… - ریاست
إندونيسيا
A country in Southeast Asia: an archipelago of 17,508 islands by the book's count, about 238 million people,…