Al-Rami
الرامي
An island connected to Sarandib, with crops, minerals and perfumes. The author describes a rhinoceros there and a horn that, when cut, is said to show figures inside. He rejects the tale as impossible 1.
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al-Rami: an island joined to Serendib. al-Idrisi reports that it has crops, minerals and perfume. 2
The rhinoceros
The author reports that there is an animal in it called the rhinoceros, and that a picture appears in its horn when it is split. He denies what is told about that. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 75-76
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.75-76
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