Qamrun
قامرون
The king of a populated island with a rich land. Good camphor grows there. The author says his people attack ships that come near with poisoned arrows 1.
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Qamrun is the king of an inhabited island abounding in good things, with good camphor. Al-Idrisi mentions that its people shoot anyone who approaches their ships with poisoned arrows. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 88
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.88
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islam.museum contributors. “Qamrun”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/qamrun/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.