Ghanam Island
جزيرة الغنم
A large island in the western sea, followed by countless small islands known to sailors who visited them; birds there are said to be eaten by sea creatures. 1
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The Isle of Sheep is a large island in the western sea, followed by small islands beyond counting. Al-Idrisi says that the Mughrurin who visited it know it, and that there are birds on it that sea animals eat. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 220
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.220
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