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Qumar

قمار

An island that traders visit for oud, with sandalwood and rice. The author says its people wear cloth wraps, are known for justice and fairness, and cremate their dead 1.

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Qumar is an island to which the traders of aloes-wood (oud) come. It has the "sinfi" aloes-wood, sandalwood and rice. Al-Idrisi mentions that its people wear loincloths (futa), are known for justice and fairness, and burn their dead with fire. 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. 83
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.83
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