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Zafar (Yemen coast)

ظفار الحموض

A city on the coast of the Indian Ocean, the last of Yemen's lands on this coast according to Ibn Battuta, from which purebred horses are carried to India. He calls it 'Zafar al-Hamus' (Rihla, 1958 edition, p. 159; 1904 edition, p. 199; 2021 edition, p. 267).

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Zafar al-Humud is a city on the coast of the Indian Ocean. For Ibn Battuta it is the last land of Yemen on this coast. Noble horses are carried from it to India. 1

Its location is not fixed by coordinates. Several places named Zafar exist in Yemen, and it is not clear which coastal one is meant. An additional source is needed.

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  1. Rihla of Ibn Battuta (Tuhfat al-nuzzar), Arabic edition 1958 , p.159
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