Ashura island
جزيرة عاشورا
A sparsely settled island with rough land full of thickets and trees, four days from Shamil and a light day's sail from Malay 1.
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Overview
Ashura Island: a lightly built-up island, with rough, thicket-covered land of many thorn-bushes and trees, according to al-Idrisi. It lies four days from the island of Shamil, and from it to the island of Mallay is a light day's journey. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 85
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.85
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