Jazirat al-Nu'man
جزيرة النعمان
An island in the Red Sea which the author describes as the largest island in that part of the sea, with a people living on it 1.
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Numan Island is an island in the Red Sea. Al-Idrisi says it is the largest island in that part of the sea, and that people live on it. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 136
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.136
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