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Overview

Awal is a fine island with a large town, palms and farmland, and many springs, among them the spring of Bu Zaydan and the spring of Ghadhar. ²

Al-Idrisi says that it has an independent amir of its own, and that the chiefs of the divers come to it for pearls from every region. ²

Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 387
Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.387

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