Mabit
مابط
An island close to Jaba with coconuts, bananas, cane and rice. At its far end is a volcano that smokes by day and burns by night 1.
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Overview
Mabit is an island near the island of Jaba. It has coconuts, bananas, sugar cane and rice. 2
The volcano
Al-Idrisi mentions that at the far end of the island there is a volcano, from which smoke rises by day and fire blazes by night. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 82
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.82
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islam.museum contributors. “Mabit”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/mabit/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.