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Irlanda

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A very large island; the author, citing the author of a book of marvels, says it had three towns where ships used to call, and that its people destroyed each other in internal wars 1 2.

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Ireland is a very large island. Al-Idrisi reports, from the author of the book of wonders, that it had three cities where ships would land, and that its people were wiped out in internal wars. 3 4

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  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 947
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 948
  3. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.947
  4. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.948
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islam.museum contributors. “Irlanda”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/irlanda/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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