جزيرة العرب

جزيرة العرب

The Arabian Peninsula — bounded by al-Hamdani in his Sifa's preamble: Sharm Ayla, the coasts and the Qulzum to Fustat in the west; 'Uman, Bahrayn, Kazima and Basra in the east; Hijaz, Najd and the 'Arud at its head; Aden at 12° south latitude — named Jazirat al-Arab 'because the Arabic tongue is common throughout it', its length reckoned at 1,533 miles or 76⅓ stages ¹ — its ancient monuments, in his register: Na'mit, Ghumdan, Hakar, Raydan, Baynun, Qayman, Bark al-'Imad and Iram Dhat al-'Imad ².