Subara
سوبارة
A civilised city about a mile and a half from the sea, a port of India with fisheries and pearl beds; the island of Thara lies off it. 1
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Subara is a civilised city on the sea, about a mile and a half from it, and it is a port (furda) among the ports of India. It has pearl fisheries and beds, and on it is the island of Thara, 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. 182
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.182
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