The Sea of Darkness (the Atlantic west of al-Andalus)
بحر الظلمات (البحر المحيط بغربي الأندلس)
The Atlantic west of al-Andalus and the lands of Britain. The author reports that its tides follow set hours of day and night, which he attributes to the wind rising with the sun, and says the people of the Maghreb have observed this 1.
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The Sea of Darkness (the ocean that surrounds the west of al-Andalus): the ocean lying west of al-Andalus and the land of Britain. The author reports that its ebb and flow follow fixed times of the day and night, and he explains this by the stirring of the wind together with the sun, and that the people of the Maghrib witnessed it. 2.
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 93
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.93
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