Nūnshka

نونشكة

An island off the coast of the White Qumans where a kind of fish is caught; the author records what informants told him about it 1 2.

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Nunshka is an island in the sea near the coast of the White Qamaniyya. A kind of fish is caught around it, and al-Idrisi relates what informants told about it. 2

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Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 920
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 921
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islam.museum contributors. “Nūnshka”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/nunshka/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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