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Dibihat islands

جزر الدبيحات

A group of populated islands with many coconut palms and sugar cane. Trade is in cowrie shells, and the people make crafts by hand. Turtles lay their eggs on the shore. The author says the people are Magians 1.

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A group of islands with many people, where coconut palms and sugar cane are abundant. They trade in cowrie shells, make clothes and tools with their hands, and turtles lay their eggs on their land. al-Idrisi reports that its people are Magians. 2

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  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 70
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.70
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