Sahilan Island
جزيرة سهيلان
A large sandy island with no plants; people catch many black birds there; it lies in the Caspian near the Kur. 1
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Sahilan is a large sandy island with no vegetation. People hunt many black birds there. It lies in the sea of Tabaristan near al-Kur, according to al-Idrisi. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 832
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.832
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islam.museum contributors. “Sahilan Island”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/sahilan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.