Island of the Moon
جزيرة القمر
A long island joined to the Dibihat group. Its king lives in the town of Malay. The author says it stretches four months' journey eastward, lies south of the Chinese islands, and that the king is seen only by his servants. It grows crops, coconuts and sugar cane 1.
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The Island of the Moon is a long island joined to the islands of Dubayhat. A king who lives in the city of Mulay rules it, and he appears to people only to his servants. Al-Idrisi says that its length with the east is four months, and that it is joined to the islands of China from the south. It has crops, coconut and sugar cane. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 71
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.71
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