Mount Mandab
جبل المندب
A long mountain at the entrance to the Red Sea, at Bab al-Mandab, running along the Yemeni coast. Ships bound for Yemen pass it. The author repeats a claim from the Book of Wonders that it draws iron to itself 1.
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A long mountain at the entrance of the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab, extending along the coast of Yemen, which ships sailing up to Yemen pass by. Al-Idrisi reports, from the author of the Book of Wonders, that it draws iron. This is a saying attributed to that author, which the museum has not verified. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 50
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.50
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islam.museum contributors. “Mount Mandab”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/mandab-mountain/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.