Hasran Island
جزيرة حسران
A wide island with a mountain and a small sweet-water river running through it; its land yields food for people and animals. Al-Idrisi describes it as inhabited. 1
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Hasran is a wide island with a mountain and a small fresh river that flows through it, and its land grows what people and livestock eat. Al-Idrisi says it is populous. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 218
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.218
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islam.museum contributors. “Hasran Island”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/hasran/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.