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Lankabalus

لنكبالوس

A large, populated island ten days from Sarandib. Its people are dark-skinned and go unclothed. Merchants come in small boats to buy ambergris and coconuts in exchange for iron 1.

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Lankabalus is a large, populous island, ten days from Serendib. Al-Idrisi describes its people as black-skinned and naked. 2

Merchants go to them in small boats, and buy ambergris and coconut in exchange for iron. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 77-78
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.77-78
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islam.museum contributors. “Lankabalus”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/lankabalus/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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