Shamil island
جزيرة شامل
A populated island at the far end of the Sanf sea, four days from the coastal city of Sanf. Many people live there, with sugar cane and large fish that spare the islanders from eating meat 1.
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Shamil is a populous island at the far end of the Sanfi sea, four days from the coastal city of al-Sanf, according to al-Idrisi. It has many people, sugar cane, and large fish which suffice its people instead of eating meat. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 85
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.85
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