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Jazīrat Amzaniyūs

جزيرة أمزنيوس

An island in the Dark Sea; the author reports a custom attributed to its people as information he was told, without vouching for it 1 2.

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Amzaniyus: an island in the dark sea. al-Idrisi relays a custom of its people, which he mentions as a report he heard, without vouching for its truth. 3 4

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  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 955
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 956
  3. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.955
  4. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.956
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islam.museum contributors. “Jazīrat Amzaniyūs”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/amzaniyus/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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