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 "id": "place/sarandib",
 "class": "place",
 "slug": "sarandib",
 "label": {
  "ar": "سرنديب",
  "en": "Sarandib"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "جزيرة كبيرة في البحر الهندي، يحكمها ملك عظيم الثروة، ويذكر المؤلف أن فيها الجواهر والياقوت وأنواع الأحجار الثمينة، وتقصدها مراكب الصين، وأن أهلها يتعيشون من الزراعة والصيد، وفيها أديان مختلفة يجتمع علماؤها للنقاش بحضرة الملك {cite:nuzhat-al-mushtaq-2002 p. 74-75}. ويجلب منها عند ابن خرداذبه الياقوت الأواهي وأشباهه والماس والدر والبلور والسنبادج الذي يعالج به الجوهر {cite:masalik-mamalik-ibn-khurdadhbih p. 78}.",
  "en": "A large island in the Indian Ocean ruled by a very wealthy king. The author says it has gems, rubies and other precious stones, and that Chinese ships call there. Its people live by farming and fishing, and scholars of different faiths meet to debate before the king {cite:nuzhat-al-mushtaq-2002 p. 74-75}."
 },
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  "place"
 ],
 "regions": [
  "south-asia"
 ],
 "periods": [],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [],
 "data": {
  "kind": "island",
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq, ed. Cairo 2002, pp. 74-75 (scan pages)",
   "generated_by": "Claude (Haiku 5.5)"
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/nuzhat-al-mushtaq-2002",
   "source/masalik-mamalik-ibn-khurdadhbih"
  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 1,
   "generated_by": "Claude (Haiku 5.5); page refs are scan indices"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "سرنديب جزيرة كبيرة في البحر الهندي، يحكمها ملك عظيم الثروة، بحسب الإدريسي. يذكر أن فيها الجواهر والياقوت وأنواعا من الأحجار الثمينة، وأن مراكب الصين تقصدها. ويعيش أهلها من الزراعة والصيد. وفيها أديان مختلفة، يجتمع علماؤها للنقاش بحضرة الملك. {cite:nuzhat-al-mushtaq-2002 p.74-75}\n\nوعند ابن خرداذبه يجلب منها الياقوت الأواهي وأشباهه، والماس والدر والبلور، والسنبادج الذي يعالج به الجوهر. {cite:masalik-mamalik-ibn-khurdadhbih p.78}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "place/sarandib",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   }
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Sarandib is a large island in the Indian Ocean, ruled by a king of great wealth, according to al-Idrisi. He mentions that in it are jewels, rubies and various kinds of precious stones, and that the ships of China come to it. Its people live by agriculture and fishing. There are various religions in it, and its scholars gather to debate in the presence of the king. {cite:nuzhat-al-mushtaq-2002 p.74-75}\n\nAccording to Ibn Khurdadhbih, the awahi rubies and their kind, diamonds, pearls and crystal are imported from it, as is the sunbadaj with which jewels are treated. {cite:masalik-mamalik-ibn-khurdadhbih p.78}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "place/sarandib",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   }
  }
 },
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 "connections": [],
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 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}