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Jazirat al-Samiri

جزيرة السامري

An island in the Red Sea inhabited by a people who, the author reports, trace their descent to al-Samiri, the maker of the calf 1.

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An island in the Red Sea. Al-Idrisi says its people trace their descent to al-Samiri, the maker of the calf, and reports this from their traditions. 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. 136
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.136
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islam.museum contributors. “Jazirat al-Samiri”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/jazirat-al-samiri/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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