Jazirat Ibn Kawan
جزيرة ابن كاوان
An island in the Gulf about nine miles across, whose people are Ibadi Kharijis, and from which the mountains of Yemen can be seen. 1
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An island in the Gulf about nine miles wide. Al-Idrisi says its people are of the Ibadi Kharijites, and that whoever passes it sees the mountains of Yemen. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 164
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.164
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