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Zafar al-Humud is a city on the coast of the Indian Ocean. For Ibn Battuta it is the last land of Yemen on this coast. Noble horses are carried from it to India. ¹

Its location is not fixed by coordinates. Several places named Zafar exist in Yemen, and it is not clear which coastal one is meant. An additional source is needed.

Sources

Rihla of Ibn Battuta (Tuhfat al-nuzzar), Arabic edition 1958, p.159

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islam.museum contributors. “Zafar (Yemen coast)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/zafar-yemen/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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