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Sumba

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A fertile island with many crops, grains and birds, and plenty of coconuts. Joined to another populated island ruled by a king named Qamrun, with two passages between them 1.

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Sumba is an island rich in crops and grain, with many birds and coconuts. It is connected to another populated island ruled by a king named Qamrun, and between the two islands there are two channels, according to al-Idrisi. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 88
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.88
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islam.museum contributors. “Sumba”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/sumba/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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