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Bashu Island

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A blessed island with good soil, orchards, olives and well water; only traces of its town remain. 1

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Bashu: an island of good land, described by al-Idrisi as blessed. It has gardens, olive trees and well water, and only traces remain of its city. 2

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  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 293
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.293
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islam.museum contributors. “Bashu Island”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/bashu/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.

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