Kasir and Awir
جبلا كسير وعوير
Two mountains submerged in the Gulf, whose places sailors know; Chinese ships pass a route close by them. 1
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Kasir and Awir are two mountains sunk under the water in the Gulf. The sailors know their place, and Chinese ships take a route near them, according to al-Idrisi. 2
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- 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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islam.museum contributors. “Kasir and Awir”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/kasir-and-awir/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.