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Sanji island

جزيرة صنجى

A populated island with fertile land and fresh water, whose people are between fair and dark in complexion and wear copper earrings. The author reports gold mines there and idols on the shore, one with a raised hand, which he says seem to tell the viewer to turn back 1.

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A populous island with fertility and fresh water. Al-Idrisi describes its people as between fair and dark, and says they wear copper earrings in their ears. 2

It has gold mines. On its shore are idols with a raised hand, which the author says point to whoever sees them to turn back. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 92
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.92
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islam.museum contributors. “Sanji island”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/jazirat-sanji/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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