Islam Museum Islam Museum islam.museum
Search ⌕ ARENUR
Accessibility
Text size 100%

Saved on this device only — nothing is sent anywhere.

Shamil island

جزيرة شامل

A populated island at the far end of the Sanf sea, four days from the coastal city of Sanf. Many people live there, with sugar cane and large fish that spare the islanders from eating meat 1.

Depth

At a glance

Region
South Asia
Review
Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it

Overview

Shamil is a populous island at the far end of the Sanfi sea, four days from the coastal city of al-Sanf, according to al-Idrisi. It has many people, sugar cane, and large fish which suffice its people instead of eating meat. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 85
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.85
Cite this page

islam.museum contributors. “Shamil island”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/shamil/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

Improve this page on GitHub · Report an error · JSON

Wing

Place

Cities, sites and routes on a map that moves through time.