Al-Banas
البانس
A populous village on the Zanj coast and the last of their lands. It has a large drum whose sound carries a long way, and it lies six days by land from Manbasa 1.
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Overview
al-Banas: a populous village on the coast in the land of the Zanj, the last of the lands of the Zanj, according to al-Idrisi. 1
Its description
There is a large drum in it which, when struck, can be heard from a great distance. It lies six days' journey by land from Manbasa. 1
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 60
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islam.museum contributors. “Al-Banas”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/al-banas/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.